Central Connect Transport Limited
Registered name: CENTRAL CONNECT TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of Transport Made Simple Limited groupCentral Connect Transport Limited made £25m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Central Connect Transport Limited’s revenue grew 56% to £25m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 347 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Diss; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Diss, East of England
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £7.9m | £16m | £25m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.6m | £5.8m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.3m | £10.1m | £15.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £853k | £3m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £677k | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £434k | £2m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £434k | £2m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 103 | 250 | 347 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.5% | 12.3% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 67% | 63.4% | 61.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £77.1k | £63.9k | £71.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.2k | £7.9k | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲101.1% | ▲56.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲353% | ▼43.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲134.1% | ▲142.7% | ▲38.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £520k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £620k | £934k | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £3.5m | £8.7m | £16.4m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £2.1m | £3m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £266k | £755k | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 65.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲39%
- Now 347
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲88%
- Now £16.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Transport Made Simple Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Central Connect Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Flagfinders (CTB) Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Galleon Travel 2009 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Konectbus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Simonds of Botesdale LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Connected Facilities Management LimitedFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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