FREIGHT TRANSPORT (HOLDINGS) LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£4,767,314
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
Overview and strategy Freight Transport Limited is a forwarding agent and haulage company based in Portsmouth, within easy reach of the Continental Ferry port. The company have their own distribution warehouse where the company's operations are controlled, and use its own fleet of lorries which are renewed on a regular basis through continued investment. Summary of key performance indicators 2025 2024 £'000 £'000 Turnover 12,901 12,973 Gross Profit 4,545 4,550 Net Profit after taxation 640 1,086 The gross profit margin has slightly increased from 35.08% to 35.23%, however, the gross profit has slightly decreased by 5k. Future developments The director's plan for improving the fleet is on-going with the intention to keep the age of the entire fleet under 5 years old. Also all new vehicles have full repair and maintenance contracts taken on them to make them a 'fixed cost' and also to enhance the residual value to help achieve the outright purchase in the next renewal cycle.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2019-10-02
- Employees
- 63 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit C3-C5 Railway Triangle Industrial Estate, Walton Road, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, PO6 1TW
- Postcode
- PO6 1TW
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-01
- Next due by
- 2026-10-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64209 Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by FREIGHT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2026-01-28
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- freighttransport.co.uk
Freight Transport are the South's leading trucking companies that offer unique and bespoke solutions to drinks logistics providing a seamless service
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 878 similar companies in PO
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (63 staff).
Trading since 2019.
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 39 among activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified in Portsmouth.
The class of 2019
63%
of the 9,079 companies in this sector incorporated in 2019 are still active today; 33% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.