World Transport Agency Group Limited
Registered name: WORLD TRANSPORT AGENCY GROUP LIMITED
Part of Sommer Group Limited groupWorld Transport Agency Group Limited made £1.5m revenue and £587k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
World Transport Agency Group Limited’s revenue fell 38% to £1.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £587k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £534k | £2.4m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £534k | £2.4m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | −£541k | −£359k | −£55.8k |
| Profit before tax | £855k | £505k | £614k |
| Profit after tax | £953k | £406k | £587k |
| Profit (best available) | £953k | £406k | £587k |
| Staff costs | £977k | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 178.4% | 16.7% | 38.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £607k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £238k | £102k | £83.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲354.3% | ▼37.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.4% | ▲44.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £392k | £395k | £391k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £523k | £90 | £6.9k |
| Deferred income | £204k | £372k | £95.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 38.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £83.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲75%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼74%
- Now £95.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £391k
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
- Sommer Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sommer Holdings Ltd75–100%
- World Transport Agency Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- World Transport Agency LimitedRev. £38.5m · Profit £564k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £587k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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