O'Malley Haulage Limited
Registered name: O'MALLEY HAULAGE LIMITED
Part of New Ach Limited groupO'Malley Haulage Limited made £37.9m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
O'Malley Haulage Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £37.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- 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.
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&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.2m | £42.5m | £37m | £37.9m |
| Cost of sales | £30.3m | £33.3m | £30.7m | £32.1m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £9.2m | £6.3m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £8m | £6m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £8m | £6.1m | £4.1m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £4.8m | £3.3m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £4.8m | £3.3m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £336k | £332k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.1% | 11.2% | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 21.7% | 17% | 15.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £4m | £4.3m | £3.7m | £3.4m |
| Profit per employee | £646k | £478k | £326k | £226k |
| Cash conversion | 57.2% | 48.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▼13% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26% | ▼31.7% | ▼23.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.5m | £12.1m | — | — |
| Net assets | £22.5m | £26.5m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £33.3m | £37.4m | — | — |
| Debtors | £9.8m | £7.5m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £2.8m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £4.6m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £226k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- New Ach Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- O'Malley Haulage Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- O'Malley Plant Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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