Road Traffic Solutions Holding Limited
Registered name: ROAD TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS HOLDING LIMITED
Part of Mercury Topco B.V. groupRoad Traffic Solutions Holding Limited made £20.3m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Road Traffic Solutions Holding Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.2m profit and 155 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Scunthorpe; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scunthorpe, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £886k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £886k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 155 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £7.4k |
| Cash conversion | 141.4% | 111.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £50.2k | £537k |
| Net assets | £38k | £94.1k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £50.2k | £752k |
| Debtors | — | £215k |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 111.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲147%
- Now £94.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲969%
- Now £537k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 155
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mercury Topco B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Buko Traffic and Safety Limited75–100%
- Road Traffic Solutions Holding Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Road Traffic Solutions LimitedRev. £20.3m · Profit £1.4m
Sister companies (2)
- Hooke Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£117k
- Keltic Traffic 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 Dec 2023 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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