FRANCIS TRANSPORT LIMITED
Company number 03556082 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Francis Transport Limited is a well-established, financially resilient regional road freight operator that outperforms typical SME haulier benchmarks across key metrics including liquidity, gearing, and retained profit accumulation. The company's strategy of active fleet replacement while simultaneously reducing long-term obligations (£383k debt reduction in FY2025) and building substantial cash reserves (£732k) positions it favourably against a sector backdrop characterised by tight margins, driver shortages, and elevated finance costs. The primary risks centre on lease dependency, key-person concentration, and the inherent cyclicality of road freight — though the current balance sheet strength provides meaningful headroom against these sectoral pressures.
Shareholders' funds
£1,887,514
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-04-30
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 29 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 7 Stephenson Road, Stephenson Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE37 3HR
- Postcode
- NE37 3HR
- Capital
- 8,731 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-05
- Next due by
- 2027-08-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- francistransport.com
- Phone
- 01914173588
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SWAN ROAD, SWAN ESTATE, WASHINGTON, TYNE & WEAR NE38 8JJ | 2005-11-08 |
| 24 CAIRN PARK, LONGFRAMLINGTON, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND NE65 8JS | 1998-06-04 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 211 similar companies in NE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (27 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.9 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne →
Competitors Newcastle Upon Tyne
This company ranks 9 among freight transport by road in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The class of 1998
43%
of the 292 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 51% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.