Eastern Transport Holdings Limited
Registered name: EASTERN TRANSPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Eth Trustee Limited groupEastern Transport Holdings Limited made £17m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Eastern Transport Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £17m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.4m profit and 226 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Leigh-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leigh-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.9m | £13.3m | £15.1m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £10.8m | £12.8m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.8m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.3m | £3.2m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 24 | 18 | 226 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 13.7% | 15.8% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 19% | 15.3% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £445k | £553k | £841k | £75.2k |
| Profit per employee | £38.3k | £75.6k | £133k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲14% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63.4% | ▲31.8% | ▼40% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.2% | ▼25% | ▲1156% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £300k | £300k | £727k | £136k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £6.3k | £6.6k | £5.7k | £7.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲102600%
- Now £1k
- Headcount
- ▲1156%
- Now 226
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £7.5k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.6m
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
- Eth Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eastern Transport Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Stephensons of Essex LimitedRev. £13.8m · Profit £1.3m
- Nibsbuses LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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