The Kings Ferry Limited
Registered name: THE KINGS FERRY LIMITED
Part of Project Roman Topco Limited groupThe Kings Ferry Limited made £21.4m revenue and a £3.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
The Kings Ferry Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £21.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £3.4m and 203 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Newbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.3m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£24m | −£24.2m |
| Operating profit | −£5.7m | −£2.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£17.6m | −£7.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£15.9m | −£3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£15.9m | −£3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 175 | 203 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −86.8% | −16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | −£90.7k | −£17k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 203
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Project Roman Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Project Roman Midco Limited75–100%
- The Coach Travel Group Limited75–100%
- The Kings Ferry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- E. Clarke & Son (Coaches) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (13)
- Swans Travel LimitedRev. £11.6m · Profit £1.6m
- Horseman Coaches LimitedRev. £7.6m · Profit £1.4m
- Barnes (Aldbourne) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coach1 LimitedRev. — · Profit £93k
- Coatham Tyre Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H. Luckett & Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hca (Manchester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Liveridge Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Owens Newco a LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stewarts Coaches LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Great British Coach Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Ready Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Worthing Coaches LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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