Ambulance Transfers Limited
Registered name: AMBULANCE TRANSFERS LIMITED
Ambulance Transfers Limited made £16.1m revenue and a £88.9k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Ambulance Transfers Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £88.9k and 260 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Grays; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grays, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £14.5m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £11.2m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £142k | £5.9k | £39.4k |
| Profit before tax | £118k | −£152k | −£113k |
| Profit after tax | £54k | −£134k | −£88.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £54k | −£134k | −£88.9k |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £8m | £9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 184 | 224 | 260 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −0.9% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 22.4% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.5k | £64.6k | £62k |
| Profit per employee | £293 | −£599 | −£342 |
| Cash conversion | −612% | −11270% | −2308% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% | ▲11.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼348.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▲16.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £233k | £129k | £146k |
| Net assets | £906k | £771k | £683k |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £443k | £625k | £218k |
| Cash from operations | −£868k | −£663k | −£909k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£342
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −2308%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼12%
- Now £683k
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £146k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 260
- Deferred income
- ▼65%
- Now £218k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£88.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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