NW Trading (Humber) Limited
Registered name: NW TRADING (HUMBER) LIMITED
Part of NWT Group Limited groupNW Trading (Humber) Limited made £18.1m revenue and £109k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
NW Trading (Humber) Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £18.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £109k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities” and is based in Wirral; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wirral, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “NW Trading (Holdings)”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £16.2m | £20.7m | £18.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £9.6m | £11.5m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £6.6m | £9.2m | £7.4m |
| Profit before tax | £765k | £91.9k | £172k | £144k |
| Profit after tax | £618k | £89.9k | £134k | £109k |
| Profit (best available) | £618k | £89.9k | £134k | £109k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 35 | 40 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 40.6% | 44.4% | 41% |
| Revenue per employee | £413k | £462k | £519k | £430k |
| Profit per employee | £17.2k | £2.6k | £3.4k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▲28.3% | ▼12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼85.5% | ▲49.6% | ▼19.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▲14.3% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £722k | £894k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £862k | £952k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £9.7m | £10.9m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £799k | £1.9m | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £430k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- 14.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲74%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- NWT Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- NW Trading (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- NW Trading (Humber) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- NW Trading (Commodities) LimitedRev. £29.7m · Profit £90.4k
- Caldaire Terminal LtdFigures not disclosed
- N W Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NW Trading (Birkenhead) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NW Trading (Haulage) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NW Trading (Logistics) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NW Trading (Southampton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South Dock Terminals 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 £109k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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