Kings Transport Services Limited
Registered name: KINGS TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED
Kings Transport Services Limited made £13.6m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kings Transport Services Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £13.9m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £11m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £744k | −£565k | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £726k | −£595k | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £610k | −£640k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £610k | −£640k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 75 | 67 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | −4.6% | 16.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 21.3% | 20.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £186k | £203k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | −£8.5k | £34.1k |
| Cash conversion | −45.5% | — | −45.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼204.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £171k | £129k | £142k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £601k | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.5m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £106k | £133k | £197k |
| Cash from operations | −£339k | £704k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £203k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −45.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▲333%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £142k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲48%
- Now £197k
- Fixed assets
- ▲76%
- Now £4.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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