West Mercia Fork Truck Service Limited
Registered name: WEST MERCIA FORK TRUCK SERVICE LIMITED
Part of West Mercia Fork Truck Holdings Limited groupWest Mercia Fork Truck Service Limited made £11m revenue and £647k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
West Mercia Fork Truck Service Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £11m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £647k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1972
- 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: “West Mercia Fork Truck Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.9m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.8m | £884k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £647k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £647k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 43 | 52 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 12.1% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 42.6% | 42.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £210k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £25.5k | £11.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼51.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.5% | ▲20.9% | ▲9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £352k | £186k | £434k | £654k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £3m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3.6m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £786k | £848k | £1.1m | £828k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £654k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £4.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- West Mercia Fork Truck Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- West Mercia Fork Truck Service Limitedthis 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 Apr 2025 (profit £647k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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