Galt Transport Limited
Registered name: GALT TRANSPORT LIMITED
Galt Transport Limited made £7.8m revenue and £543k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Galt Transport Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £543k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £6.8m | £8.2m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £5.4m | £5.9m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £463k | £126k | £943k | £697k |
| Profit before tax | £460k | £159k | £982k | £736k |
| Profit after tax | £375k | £112k | £732k | £543k |
| Profit (best available) | £375k | £112k | £732k | £543k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 53 | 54 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 1.7% | 8.9% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 19.8% | 28% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £128k | £152k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £2.1k | £13.6k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | −221.9% | −608.9% | −187.2% | −228.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲20.7% | ▼5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.2% | ▲554.5% | ▼25.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲1.9% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £2.3m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £7.4m | £8m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £5.3m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £3.5m | £5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £860k | £983k | £872k | £882k |
| Deferred income | £207k | £367k | £211k | £179k |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£767k | −£1.8m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −228.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 67.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £179k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £5.2m
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 Mar 2026 (profit £543k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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