Fork Truck Direct Limited
Registered name: FORK TRUCK DIRECT LIMITED
Part of Fork Truck Direct Trustee Limited groupFork Truck Direct Limited made £12m revenue and £877k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Fork Truck Direct Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £12m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £877k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Wickford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wickford, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £12.5m | £12.2m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £9.9m | £9.4m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £953k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £977k | £913k | £980k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £802k | £627k | £745k | £877k |
| Profit (best available) | £802k | £627k | £745k | £877k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 55 | 53 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 5% | 6.1% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 20.8% | 22.5% | 25.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £233k | £227k | £230k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £16.4k | £11.4k | £14.1k | £15.4k |
| Cash conversion | 71.4% | 94.2% | −107% | −100.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼2.4% | ▼1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.8% | ▲18.9% | ▲17.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▼3.6% | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £837k | £492k | £741k | £916k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.7m | £5.2m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £958k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £8.6k | £23.6k | £126k | £14.2k |
| Cash from operations | £717k | £898k | −£1.2m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −100.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £916k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼89%
- Now £14.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fork Truck Direct Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fork Truck Direct Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £877k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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