Holmeswood Coaches Limited
Registered name: HOLMESWOOD COACHES LIMITED
Holmeswood Coaches Limited made £16.5m revenue and £238k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Holmeswood Coaches Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £238k profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Rufford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rufford, North West
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £328k | £323k |
| Profit after tax | £251k | £238k |
| Profit (best available) | £251k | £238k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 138 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £75.7k | £6.2k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £13.3m | £15.3m |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £896k | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | £3.4m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼92%
- Now £6.2k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £15.3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bostock's Coaches LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £238k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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