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Company No. 06771410 · Incorporated 11 Dec 2008

Atl Haulage Contractors Limited

Registered name: ATL HAULAGE CONTRACTORS LIMITED

Part of Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft group

Atl Haulage Contractors Limited made £52.6m revenue and £788k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Atl Haulage Contractors Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £52.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £788k profit and 185 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Stanford-Le-Hope; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Stanford-Le-Hope, East of England
Age
17 yrs · since 2008
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: “The”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£52.6m
Growth ▲33.1%
Profit
£788k
Growth ▲161%
Profit margin
1.5%
Gross 20.4%
Employees
185
Change ▲13.5%
Profit / employee
£4.3k
Revenue/employee £285k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£38.7m£39.6m£52.6m
Cost of sales£31.6m£31.9m£41.9m
Gross profit£7m£7.7m£10.8m
Operating profit£2m£510k£1.5m
Profit before tax£1.7m−£11.3k£954k
Profit after tax£1.1m£302k£788k
Profit (best available)£1.1m£302k£788k
Staff costs—£9.1m£11.7m
Employees (average)146163185
Ratios
Profit margin2.9%0.8%1.5%
Gross margin18.2%19.5%20.4%
Revenue per employee£265k£243k£285k
Profit per employee£7.8k£1.9k£4.3k
Cash conversion−127.1%—−209.9%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲2.3%▲33.1%
Profit growth—▼73.4%▲161%
Headcount growth—▲11.6%▲13.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£57.9k£1.6m£866k
Net assets£3m£3.3m£3.6m
Fixed assets£8.1m£9.1m£9.1m
Current assets£9.9m£10.9m£10m
Debtors£6m£5.7m£4.4m
Deferred income£163k£1m£1.7m
Cash from operations−£2.6m—−£3.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£285k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£4.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−209.9%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
17.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.4%
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
▲8%
Now £3.6m
Cash at bank
▼44%
Now £866k
Headcount
▲14%
Now 185
Deferred income
▲61%
Now £1.7m
Fixed assets
▲0%
Now £9.1m

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. Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Atl Haulage Contractors 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

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £788k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026

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