Turners Coachways (Bristol) Limited
Registered name: TURNERS COACHWAYS (BRISTOL) LIMITED
Part of Turners Coachways (Bristol) Limited groupTurners Coachways (Bristol) Limited made £7.5m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Turners Coachways (Bristol) Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £7.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is the Turners Coachways (Bristol) Employee Ownership Trust.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £8.7m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.6m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £3.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 60 | 60 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.9% | 26.3% | 25.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 40.9% | 39.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £141k | £145k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £29.5k | £38.1k | £31.8k |
| Cash conversion | −127.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.7% | ▼16.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £892k | £1.1m | £461k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.3m | £6.4m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £805k | £566k | £383k |
| Deferred income | £177k | £153k | £128k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 112%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £461k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £128k
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £8.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turners Coachways (Bristol) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Turners Coachways (Bristol) Employee Ownership Trustee Limited75–100%
- Turners Coachways (Bristol) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Turners Coachways (Bristol) Employee Ownership Trustee 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 £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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