Northern Taxis Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN TAXIS LIMITED
Part of MML Partnership Capital VIII Holdco 1 Ltd groupNorthern Taxis Limited made £25.7m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023. read from filing text
Northern Taxis Limited’s revenue was £25.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with £2.2m profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “taxi operation” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Mar 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £158k | £330k |
| Profit per employee | £22.2k | £28.1k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £441k | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £13.2m |
| Debtors | £903k | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £109k | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £330k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- 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 £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £4.4m
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
- MML Partnership Capital VIII Holdco 1 Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- MML Cosmos Investco Limited25–50%
- V Topco Limited75–100%
- V Midco Limited75–100%
- V Holdco Limited75–100%
- V Bidco Limited75–100%
- Veezu Group Limited75–100%
- Veezu Holdings Limited75–100%
- City Taxis Holdings Limited75–100%
- Steel City Holdings Limited75–100%
- Northern Taxis Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Derby City Cars 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 30 Sep 2023 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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