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Company No. 04167837 · Incorporated 26 Feb 2001

Forward Trucking Services Limited

Registered name: FORWARD TRUCKING SERVICES LIMITED

Part of Pantrad Ltd group

Forward Trucking Services Limited made £11.2m revenue and £8.3k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Forward Trucking Services Limited’s revenue was £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.3k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
ST Albans, East of England
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industry
Revenue
£11.2m
Growth —
Profit
£8.3k
Growth —
Profit margin
0.1%
Gross 6.7%
Employees
83
Change —
Profit / employee
£99
Revenue/employee £135k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6m£11.2m
Cost of sales£5.4m£10.5m
Gross profit£573k£748k
Operating profit£174k£134k
Profit before tax£158k£4.5k
Profit after tax£217k£8.3k
Profit (best available)£217k£8.3k
Staff costs£2.1m£3.5m
Employees (average)8683
Ratios
Profit margin3.6%0.1%
Gross margin9.6%6.7%
Revenue per employee£69.7k£135k
Profit per employee£2.5k£99
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£14.7k£36.6k
Net assets£1.7m£1.6m
Fixed assets£139k£125k
Current assets£2.8m£3.7m
Debtors£863k£788k
Deferred income£30.5k£20.9k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
6.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£135k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£99
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
7%
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
—
Now £1.6m
Cash at bank
—
Now £36.6k
Headcount
—
Now 83
Deferred income
—
Now £20.9k
Fixed assets
—
Now £125k

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. Pantrad Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. FTS Group Holdings Ltd75–100%
  3. Forward Trucking Services 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

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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