Action Traction Midlands Ltd
Registered name: ACTION TRACTION MIDLANDS LTD
Action Traction Midlands Ltd made £172k revenue and £29k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Action Traction Midlands Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £172k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £29k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Darlaston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darlaston, West Midlands
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £223k | £176k | £138k | £172k |
| Cost of sales | £134k | £109k | £102k | £117k |
| Gross profit | £89k | £66.4k | £36.1k | £55.2k |
| Operating profit | £58.3k | £17.3k | −£11.4k | £29.7k |
| Profit before tax | £57.8k | £17.3k | −£26.5k | £29k |
| Profit after tax | £57.8k | £17.3k | −£26.5k | £29k |
| Profit (best available) | £57.8k | £17.3k | −£26.5k | £29k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 26% | 9.8% | −19.2% | 16.8% |
| Gross margin | 40% | 37.8% | 26.2% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £176k | £68.9k | £172k |
| Profit per employee | £28.9k | £17.3k | −£13.2k | £29k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.1% | ▼21.5% | ▲25.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.2% | ▼253.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼50% | ▲100% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £28.4k | £23.3k | £3.7k | £21.4k |
| Net assets | £49.5k | £55.8k | £29.3k | £58.3k |
| Fixed assets | £76.2k | £71.2k | £129k | £139k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £172k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 80.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲99%
- Now £58.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲482%
- Now £21.4k
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £139k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £29k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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