Truckcraft Bodies Limited
Registered name: TRUCKCRAFT BODIES LIMITED
Truckcraft Bodies Limited made £9.9m revenue and £329k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Truckcraft Bodies Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £9.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £329k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Dukinfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dukinfield, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £15.3m | £13.7m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £13.5m | £11.5m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £242k | £149k | £498k | £462k |
| Profit before tax | £220k | £115k | £412k | £396k |
| Profit after tax | £138k | £86.4k | £309k | £329k |
| Profit (best available) | £138k | £86.4k | £309k | £329k |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 115 | 112 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 11.6% | 16.4% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £133k | £123k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £751 | £2.8k | £3.4k |
| Cash conversion | 134.6% | −229.9% | −186% | −7.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.3% | ▼10.1% | ▼28.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.6% | ▲258.2% | ▲6.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼2.6% | ▼13.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £290k | £269k | £858k | £421k |
| Net assets | £843k | £656k | £761k | £801k |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1m | £979k | £948k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.7m | £282k |
| Cash from operations | £325k | −£343k | −£927k | −£34.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −7.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £801k
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £421k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £948k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £329k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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