Archway Roadmaster UK Ltd
Registered name: ARCHWAY ROADMASTER UK LTD
Part of Velocity Roads Group Limited groupArchway Roadmaster UK Ltd made a £232k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Archway Roadmaster UK Ltd reported a loss of £232k in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 30 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Sunderland; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sunderland, North East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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. From the filing: “Following acquisition on 29 July 2024, the company's immediate parent is Velocity UK Limited, incorporated in England & Wales.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £20.3k | −£232k |
| Profit (best available) | £20.3k | −£232k |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £701 | −£7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼1243% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £49.6k | £367k |
| Net assets | £142k | −£90.2k |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £761k | £972k |
| Debtors | £106k | £104k |
| Deferred income | £64.8k | £33.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼163%
- Now −£90.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲640%
- Now £367k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼48%
- Now £33.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Velocity Roads Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Velocity UK Limited75–100%
- Archway Roadmaster UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Velocity Patching LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Velocity Transport Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit £50.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£232k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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