N.e. Truck Spares Limited
Registered name: N.E. TRUCK SPARES LIMITED
N.e. Truck Spares Limited made £24.8m revenue and £424k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
N.e. Truck Spares Limited’s revenue was £24.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £424k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Houghton Le Spring; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Houghton Le Spring, North East
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1974
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £18.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £6m |
| Profit before tax | £389k | £584k |
| Profit after tax | £320k | £424k |
| Profit (best available) | £320k | £424k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £282k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £4.8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £166k | £71.3k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £346k | £426k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | £481k | £602k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £282k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £71.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £426k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £424k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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