PF Whitehead Transport Services Limited
Registered name: PF WHITEHEAD TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED
PF Whitehead Transport Services Limited made £5m revenue and £454k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
PF Whitehead Transport Services Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £454k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Croydon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Croydon, London
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £5.2m | £5m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £489k | £555k | £514k | £625k |
| Profit before tax | £486k | £563k | £517k | £620k |
| Profit after tax | £389k | £434k | £373k | £454k |
| Profit (best available) | £389k | £434k | £373k | £454k |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 8.4% | 7.4% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.7% | 31.1% | 31.3% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £167k | £153k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | £13k | £14k | £11.3k | £13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▼2.5% | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼14.2% | ▲22% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲6.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £430k | £435k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.2m | £9.4m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £213k | £177k | £9.9m | £9.8m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Debtors | £920k | £1m | £984k | £989k |
| Deferred income | £14.7k | £45.4k | £42.5k | £72.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 194.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- 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 £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £435k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲70%
- Now £72.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £9.8m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £454k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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