JLM Transport Ltd
Registered name: JLM TRANSPORT LTD
Part of JLML Holdings Ltd groupJLM Transport Ltd made £11m revenue and £783k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
JLM Transport Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £11m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £783k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Congleton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Congleton, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.4m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.3m | £9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £839k | £783k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £839k | £783k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.1% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 20.2% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £93.2k | £87.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼6.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.5k | £3.3k | £1.6k | £149k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £3m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £576k | £503k | £531k | £325k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £87.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9259%
- Now £149k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- JLML Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- JLM Transport Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ees Commercial LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £783k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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