Stagetruck Limited
Registered name: STAGETRUCK LIMITED
Part of Speed 1971 Limited groupStagetruck Limited made £18.4m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Stagetruck Limited’s revenue was £18.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Winchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 parent company is Speed 1971 ltd (company no 02646587), a company incorporated in England and Wales. It's registered office is Larkwhistle Works, Larkwhistle Farm Road, Micheldever, Winch”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1m | £14.6m | £18.4m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £9.5m | £12m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | £253k | £5.2m | £6.4m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | −£638k | £3.8m | £4.6m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£638k | £3.8m | £4.7m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£595k | £3.1m | £3.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£595k | £3.1m | £3.5m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.8m | £3.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 81 | 77 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −8.3% | 20.9% | 19% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 3.5% | 35.3% | 34.6% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £181k | £239k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | −£9k | £37.7k | £45.4k | £27.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲105.1% | ▲25.8% | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲14.4% | ▼37.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.7% | ▼4.9% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £6.9m | £7.7m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £833k | £3.7m | £7.2m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £16.9k | £14.9k | £27.4k | £34.6k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £8.8m | £13.4m | £13.2m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.3m | £2.7m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.1m | £2.5m | £3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▲44%
- Now £3.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £34.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Speed 1971 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stagetruck Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- London Venue Transfer LtdFigures 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 £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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