New Way Transport Ltd
Registered name: NEW WAY TRANSPORT LTD
New Way Transport Ltd made £495k revenue and £20.3k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
New Way Transport Ltd’s revenue grew 26% to £495k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £20.3k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £245k | £391k | £495k |
| Cost of sales | £246k | £146k | £150k |
| Gross profit | −£723 | £245k | £345k |
| Operating profit | −£723 | £5.9k | £37.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£723 | £5.9k | £25k |
| Profit after tax | −£723 | £4.7k | £20.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£723 | £4.7k | £20.3k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | −0.3% | 62.7% | 69.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £130k | £38k |
| Profit per employee | −£362 | £1.6k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲59.9% | ▲26.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲327% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲333.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £65.3k | £79.8k | £60.6k |
| Net assets | −£723 | £5.9k | £20.3k |
| Fixed assets | £169k | £198k | £232k |
| Current assets | £65.3k | £89.7k | £73.5k |
| Debtors | — | £10k | £12.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲246%
- Now £20.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £60.6k
- Headcount
- ▲333%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £232k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £20.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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