Road Trucks Limited
Registered name: ROAD TRUCKS LIMITED
Road Trucks Limited made £39.6m revenue and £965k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Road Trucks Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £39.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £965k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Co Antrim; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 ultimate controlling party is Mr Sam Marks.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £37m | £50m | £46m | £39.6m |
| Cost of sales | £33.1m | £46m | £42.8m | £37.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.8m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £965k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £965k |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 54 | 59 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 4.4% | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 7.9% | 6.9% | 6.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £726k | £926k | £779k | £660k |
| Profit per employee | £47.7k | £40.8k | £24.5k | £16.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.1% | ▼8.1% | ▼13.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▼34.4% | ▼33.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲9.3% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.4m | £1.6m | £2.6m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £16.4m | £18.7m | £20.1m | £21.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Current assets | £20.5m | £26.1m | £31.8m | £24.1m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £660k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £21.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲96%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲85%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £2m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £965k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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