George Walker Transport Limited
Registered name: GEORGE WALKER TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of Framtid Bidco 4 Limited groupGeorge Walker Transport Limited made £30.2m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
George Walker Transport Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £30.2m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 179 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 47 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: “Walkers Holdings One Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.3m | £30.2m |
| Cost of sales | £19m | £21.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 164 | 179 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 30.3% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £11.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲65% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £507k | £317k |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £11.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £28.3m | £30.8m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £11.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £317k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 179
- Deferred income
- ▲24%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Framtid Bidco 4 Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Framtid Midco 4 Limited75–100%
- Walkers Transport Holdings Limited75–100%
- TCP Topco (California) Limited75–100%
- TCP Bidco (California) Limited75–100%
- Walkers Holdings One Limited75–100%
- George Walker Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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