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Company No. 12220433 · Incorporated 21 Sep 2019

Ny Highways Limited

Registered name: NY HIGHWAYS LIMITED

Part of The North Yorkshire Council group

Ny Highways Limited made £62m revenue and £256k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Ny Highways Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £62m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £256k profit and 279 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Northallerton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Northallerton, North East
Age
7 yrs · since 2019
Type
Private Limited Company

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. From the filing: “The North Yorkshire Council (formerly North Yorkshire County Council), County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8AD owned 100% of the shares in the company throughout the current period.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£62m
Growth ▲4.5%
Profit
£256k
Growth ▲28.7%
Profit margin
0.4%
Gross 18.1%
Employees
279
Change ▲2.6%
Profit / employee
£918
Revenue/employee £222k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£29.2m£57.8m£59.3m£62m
Cost of sales£23.3m£48.4m£49m£50.8m
Gross profit£5.9m£9.3m£10.4m£11.2m
Operating profit−£8.2m£748k£1.5m£1.6m
Profit before tax−£8.5m−£210k£199k£454k
Profit after tax−£8.5m−£210k£199k£256k
Profit (best available)−£8.5m−£210k£199k£256k
Staff costs£7.2m£10m£11m£12m
Employees (average)189251272279
Ratios
Profit margin−29%−0.4%0.3%0.4%
Gross margin20.3%16.2%17.5%18.1%
Revenue per employee£155k£230k£218k£222k
Profit per employee−£44.8k−£836£732£918
Cash conversion—294.2%−447.9%−227.4%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲97.5%▲2.7%▲4.5%
Profit growth———▲28.7%
Headcount growth—▲32.8%▲8.4%▲2.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.7m£3.4m£7.2m£9m
Net assets−£7.5m−£3m−£1.8m−£802k
Fixed assets£6.8m£6m£5.1m£4.2m
Current assets£8.8m£15m£16.6m£19.4m
Debtors£52£44.2k£27k£104k
Deferred income£3.5m£6.3m£7.2m£8.1m
Cash from operations−£3.2m£2.2m−£6.7m−£3.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
18.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£222k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£918
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−227.4%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
6.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
13%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now −£802k
Cash at bank
▲25%
Now £9m
Headcount
▲3%
Now 279
Deferred income
▲11%
Now £8.1m
Fixed assets
▼18%
Now £4.2m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The North Yorkshire Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ny Highways Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £256k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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