Woodside Motorfreight Limited
Registered name: WOODSIDE MOTORFREIGHT LIMITED
Woodside Motorfreight Limited made £22.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Woodside Motorfreight Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £22.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 113 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Ballyclare; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.9m | £13.7m | £19.8m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £10.5m | £15.3m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £3.2m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£322k | £281k | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£381k | £221k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£196k | £337k | £720k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£196k | £337k | £720k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £5.2m | £6.8m | £7.6m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 81 | 105 | 113 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 23.4% | 22.6% | 23.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £169k | £188k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.4k | £4.2k | £6.9k | £11.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.6% | ▲44.7% | ▲12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲113.6% | ▲83.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲29.6% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £8.5m | £15.3m | £19.6m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £7.3m | £8m | £9.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £4.8m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £12.7m | £19.8m | £24.8m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £499k | £701k | £330k | £790k |
| 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
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- 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 £9.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £19.6m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 113
- Deferred income
- ▲139%
- Now £790k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £5.4m
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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