Stuart's Coaches Ltd.
Registered name: STUART'S COACHES LTD.
Stuart's Coaches Ltd. made £6.4m revenue and £892k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Stuart's Coaches Ltd.’s revenue grew 5% to £6.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £892k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.6m | £7m | £6m | £6.4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.5m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £922k | £1.6m | £1.1m | £892k |
| Profit (best available) | £922k | £1.6m | £1.1m | £892k |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.5% | 23% | 18.3% | 14% |
| Gross margin | 63.1% | 64.7% | 69% | 66.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £108k | £92.8k | £97.9k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £24.9k | £16.9k | £13.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.4% | ▼14.1% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲75.3% | ▼31.9% | ▼19% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.7m | £4.3m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.9m | £5m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £3.2m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £326k | £112k | £138k | £218k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 58.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £3.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £892k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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