TST Transport Ltd
Registered name: TST TRANSPORT LTD
Part of TST Holdings (Ni) Limited groupTST Transport Ltd made £17.6m revenue and £278k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
TST Transport Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £17.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £278k profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Ballymena; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymena, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 company is a subsidiary of TST Holdings (NI) Limited, which is the immediate parent undertaking. The directors consider TST Holdings (NI) Limited to be the company’s ultimate controlling party, by”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.3m | £15m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.5m | £7.6m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.9m | £7.5m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £314k | £534k | £677k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£14.9k | £132k | £278k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£14.9k | £132k | £278k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£14.9k | £132k | £278k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 79 | 93 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −0.1% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 47.6% | 49.6% | 23.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £156k | £162k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£189 | £1.4k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲21.7% | ▲17% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲109.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲51.9% | ▲17.7% | ▲17.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £408k | £419k | £732k | £401k |
| Net assets | £551k | £774k | £668k | £946k |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £4.5m | £8.5m | £9.2m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.8m | £7.2m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | — | £139k | £351k | £215k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £946k
- Cash at bank
- ▼45%
- Now £401k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £215k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £9.2m
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
- TST Holdings (Ni) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- TST Logistics Services Ltd75–100%
- TST Transport Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £278k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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