Ny Highways Limited
Registered name: NY HIGHWAYS LIMITED
Part of The North Yorkshire Council groupNy 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £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) | 189 | 251 | 272 | 279 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −29% | −0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The North Yorkshire Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- 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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