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Company No. 02981492 · Incorporated 20 Oct 1994

Countrywide Freight Group Limited

Registered name: COUNTRYWIDE FREIGHT GROUP LIMITED

Part of CFG Holdings Limited group

Countrywide Freight Group Limited made £31.7m revenue and £932k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Countrywide Freight Group Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £31.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £932k profit and 246 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Manchester, North West
Age
32 yrs · since 1994
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£31.7m
Growth ▼2.3%
Profit
£932k
Growth ▼5.4%
Profit margin
2.9%
Gross 39.7%
Employees
246
Change ▼17.2%
Profit / employee
£3.8k
Revenue/employee £129k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£39.1m£40m£32.4m£31.7m
Cost of sales£23.6m£24.6m£19m£19.1m
Gross profit£15.4m£15.5m£13.5m£12.6m
Operating profit£2.1m£1.9m£1.7m£1.8m
Profit before tax£2m£1.7m£1.4m£1.4m
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.4m£986k£932k
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.4m£986k£932k
Staff costs£9.4m£9.8m£8.6m£8.4m
Employees (average)331321297246
Ratios
Profit margin4.1%3.4%3%2.9%
Gross margin39.5%38.6%41.5%39.7%
Revenue per employee£118k£125k£109k£129k
Profit per employee£4.9k£4.2k£3.3k£3.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲2.4%▼18.9%▼2.3%
Profit growth—▼15.2%▼27.8%▼5.4%
Headcount growth—▼3%▼7.5%▼17.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.5k£0£3.4k£0
Net assets£10.2m£12.6m£11.8m£13m
Fixed assets£7.9m£10.6m£10.6m£11m
Current assets£13.8m£12.8m£10.6m£15.3m
Debtors£5.7m£5m£4.4m£4.8m
Deferred income£636k£728k£317k£183k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
39.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£129k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
34.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲10%
Now £13m
Cash at bank
▼100%
Now £0
Headcount
▼17%
Now 246
Deferred income
▼42%
Now £183k
Fixed assets
▲3%
Now £11m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. CFG Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Countrywide Freight Group Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (4)

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £932k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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