J & B Transport Limited
Registered name: J & B TRANSPORT LIMITED
J & B Transport Limited made £302k revenue and £59k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
J & B Transport Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £302k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £59k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £288k | £302k |
| Cost of sales | — | £182k | £191k |
| Gross profit | — | £106k | £111k |
| Operating profit | — | £56.5k | £59k |
| Profit before tax | — | £56.5k | £59k |
| Profit after tax | — | £56.5k | £59k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £56.5k | £59k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 19.6% | 19.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.8% | 36.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £57.6k | £75.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | £11.3k | £14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £45.9k | £50.6k |
| Net assets | £39.8k | £50.4k | £52.5k |
| Fixed assets | £35.6k | £28.5k | £17.2k |
| Current assets | £58.1k | £70.6k | £64.6k |
| Debtors | — | £24.9k | £14k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £52.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £50.6k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼40%
- Now £17.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £59k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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