C P Evans Transport Limited
Registered name: C P EVANS TRANSPORT LIMITED
C P Evans Transport Limited made £2.6m revenue and £332k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
C P Evans Transport Limited’s revenue was £2.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £332k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Shrewsbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shrewsbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £880k | £917k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £530k | £441k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £530k | £441k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £366k | £332k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £366k | £332k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 14% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 33.8% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £237k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £33.3k | £20.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲83.3% | ▲45.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £204k | £304k | £401k | £432k |
| Net assets | £147k | £340k | £609k | £821k |
| Fixed assets | £411k | £511k | £729k | £1m |
| Current assets | £403k | £485k | £747k | £738k |
| Debtors | £195k | £172k | £307k | £267k |
| Deferred income | £2.7k | £2.2k | £2.5k | £3.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £821k
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £432k
- Headcount
- ▲45%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▲48%
- Now £3.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲38%
- Now £1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £332k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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