Williams Tanker Services Limited
Registered name: WILLIAMS TANKER SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Cube Transportation Europe Holdco Limited groupWilliams Tanker Services Limited made £27.7m revenue and £615k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Williams Tanker Services Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £27.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £615k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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's immediate parent is TIP Trailer Service UK Limited, a company incorporated in United Kingdom.The ultimate parent of the Company is ISQ Holdings, LLC, which is a limited liability 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £26m | £33m | £27.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £23.7m | £30.4m | £25.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £628k | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £527k | £1.7m | £2.1m | £831k |
| Profit after tax | £412k | £1.3m | £1.6m | £615k |
| Profit (best available) | £412k | £1.3m | £1.6m | £615k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 32 | 30 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 8.9% | 7.9% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £579k | £812k | £1.1m | £955k |
| Profit per employee | £13.7k | £39.1k | £52.4k | £21.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.7% | ▲26.9% | ▼16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲203.9% | ▲25.6% | ▼60.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼6.3% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £70k | £0 | £0 | £465k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.9m | £3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £8.6m | £10.8m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £295k | £240k | £476k | £270k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £955k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £465k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £270k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Cube Transportation Europe Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cube Transportation Europe Midco Limited75–100%
- Cube Transportation Europe Bidco Limited75–100%
- Tip Trailer Services UK Limited75–100%
- Williams Tanker Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Renmak LtdFigures not disclosed
- Trailer Auto Group LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £615k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.