Montgomery Transport Limited
Registered name: MONTGOMERY TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of Ballyvesey Industries Limited groupMontgomery Transport Limited made £25.4m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Montgomery Transport Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £25.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.7m profit and 153 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Co Antrim; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29m | £25.4m |
| Cost of sales | £27.6m | £23.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.9m | −£981k |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | −£809k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£809k | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 197 | 153 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 4.7% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.1k | £11k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £16.6m | £18m |
| Net assets | £18.4m | £20.1m |
| Fixed assets | £24.9m | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £849k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 87.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £20.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £18m
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 153
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £849k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £22.3m
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
- Ballyvesey Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ballyvesey Holdings Limited75–100%
- Montgomery Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Montgomery Distribution LimitedRev. £21.3m · Profit −£1.5m
- Montgomery Freight Management LimitedRev. — · Profit −£138k
Sister companies (17)
- Midlands Truck & Van LimitedRev. £200m · Profit £420k
- Heathrow Truck Centre LimitedRev. £167m · Profit £4.8m
- West Pennine Trucks LimitedRev. £141m · Profit £3.7m
- Sapphire Vehicle Services LimitedRev. £36.2m · Profit £590k
- Centurion Truck Rental LtdRev. £34m · Profit −£1.3m
- Construction Equipment Distribution LimitedRev. £12m · Profit −£14.5k
- Montgomery Tank Services LimitedRev. £8.3m · Profit −£909k
- Commercial Vehicle Auctions LimitedRev. £6.5m · Profit £2m
- East West Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eurofleet Rental LimitedRev. — · Profit −£9.7m
- Intercounty Truck and Van LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Midlands Warehousing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Montgomery Transport 88 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morrey Oils LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norwest Plant LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Norwest Vehicle Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sleator Plant LimitedRev. — · Profit −£87k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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