Freight Transport (Holdings) Ltd
Registered name: FREIGHT TRANSPORT (HOLDINGS) LTD
Part of Freight Transport Investments Limited groupFreight Transport (Holdings) Ltd made £12.9m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Freight Transport (Holdings) Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £12.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £13.3m | £13m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £7.4m | £7.3m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.8m | £5.7m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £837k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2m | £1.5m | £825k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | 60 | 60 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 11.3% | 8.1% | 8% |
| Gross margin | 40.8% | 43.9% | 43.7% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £221k | £216k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | — | £25k | £17.6k | £16.3k |
| Cash conversion | 112.8% | 151% | 101% | 270.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼2.2% | ▼0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▼29.8% | ▼2.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £3.2m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 270.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Freight Transport Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Freight Transport (Holdings) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Freight Transport LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit £652k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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