Martello Transport Limited
Registered name: MARTELLO TRANSPORT LIMITED
Martello Transport Limited made £30.4m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Martello Transport Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £30.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £2m profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Felixstowe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Felixstowe, East of England
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.6m | £29.2m | £22.4m | £30.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19.4m | £23m | £18.3m | £24.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6.2m | £4.1m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £4m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £3.9m | £1.5m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £3.2m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £3.2m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 51 | 61 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.9% | 10.8% | 5% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 21.2% | 18.4% | 20.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £673k | £573k | £367k | £395k |
| Profit per employee | £93.9k | £61.8k | £18.4k | £26.4k |
| Cash conversion | 80.5% | 108.9% | 115.5% | 93.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▼23.3% | ▲35.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼64.3% | ▲80.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.2% | ▲19.6% | ▲26.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £622k | £2.1m | £1m | £682k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £3m | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.8m | £4.6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.5m | £3.2m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £78.6k | £177k | £175k | £181k |
| Cash from operations | £3.6m | £4.4m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £395k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 93.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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 £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £682k
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £181k
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £4.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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