A & D Transport (NW) Limited
Registered name: A & D TRANSPORT (NW) LIMITED
A & D Transport (NW) Limited made £10.9m revenue and £480k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
A & D Transport (NW) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £10.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £480k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Widnes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Widnes, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.9m | £10.9m | £10.5m | £10.9m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £10.3m | £9.3m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £577k | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £621k | £229k | £656k | £944k |
| Profit before tax | £491k | £68.2k | £443k | £699k |
| Profit after tax | £404k | £245k | £325k | £480k |
| Profit (best available) | £404k | £245k | £325k | £480k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.2m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 70 | 69 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 5.3% | 11.7% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £155k | £152k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £3.5k | £4.7k | £7.2k |
| Cash conversion | −360.5% | −790.4% | −427.6% | −271% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼3.6% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.4% | ▲32.6% | ▲48% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▼1.4% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £9.4m | £9.6m | £10m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £752k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £964k |
| Deferred income | £160k | £91.7k | £233k | £139k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£1.8m | −£2.8m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −271%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 99.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £139k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £10.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £480k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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