H & R Gray Haulage Limited
Registered name: H & R GRAY HAULAGE LIMITED
H & R Gray Haulage Limited made £15.4m revenue and £265k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
H & R Gray Haulage Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £15.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £265k profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Stirling; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stirling, Scotland
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £13.9m | £14.3m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £12.1m | £12.2m | £13.2m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £938k | £733k | £806k | £952k |
| Profit before tax | £652k | £297k | £292k | £376k |
| Profit after tax | £600k | £264k | £140k | £265k |
| Profit (best available) | £600k | £264k | £140k | £265k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 99 | 101 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 1.9% | 1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 15% | 12.8% | 14.6% | 14.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £140k | £142k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £2.7k | £1.4k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | −181.7% | −175% | −289.7% | −293% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲3.1% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.1% | ▼47% | ▲89.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▲2% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £728k | £174k | £345k | £433k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £7.5m | £8.7m | £8.5m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3.5m | £4m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £190k | £11.2k | £97k | £125k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.3m | −£2.3m | −£2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −293%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £433k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £125k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £8.5m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £265k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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