Roger Warnes Transport Limited
Registered name: ROGER WARNES TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of The Warnes Group Ltd groupRoger Warnes Transport Limited made £19.2m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Roger Warnes Transport Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £19.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2m profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Kings Lynn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kings Lynn, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 company is a subsidiary undertaking of The Warnes Group Ltd, registered address of Great Dunham Hall, Great Dunham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, PE32 2LQ. The ultimate controlling parties are Mr”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £18.8m | £18m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £12.9m | £11.9m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.9m | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £3.1m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £3m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.5m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.5m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.6m | £5.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 133 | 131 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.9% | 13.1% | 8.9% | 10.5% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 31.5% | 33.9% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £141k | £137k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £13.7k | £18.5k | £12.2k | £15.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.6% | ▼4.2% | ▲6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.7% | ▼35.4% | ▲25.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼1.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £12.8m | £13.9m | £15.4m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £9.2m | £10.6m | £12.3m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £7.3m | £7.7m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £221k | £148k | £182k | £198k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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 £15.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £198k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £12.3m
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
- The Warnes Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Roger Warnes Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Keith Hanson Road Transport LtdFigures not disclosed
- Law's Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warnes Commercials LtdFigures not disclosed
- Warnes Property 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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