Stagecoach Group Limited
Registered name: STAGECOACH GROUP LIMITED
Part of Inframobility UK Topco Limited groupStagecoach Group Limited made £1.6bn revenue and £77.7m profit in the year to 27 Apr 2024.
Stagecoach Group Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £1.6bn in the year to 27 Apr 2024, with £77.7m profit and 24,669 employees. The company is classified under “other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)” and is based in Perthshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 27 Apr 2023 | 27 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.6bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.3bn | −£1.5bn |
| Operating profit | £67.8m | £94.2m |
| Profit before tax | £51.3m | £94.5m |
| Profit after tax | £45.2m | £77.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £45.2m | £77.7m |
| Employees (average) | 23,041 | 24,669 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 5% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.9k | £63.7k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲71.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 24,669
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Inframobility UK Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Inframobility UK Holdco Limited75–100%
- Inframobility UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Inframobility UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Stagecoach Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Stagecoach Transport Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Apr 2024 (profit £77.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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