JOHN HACKLING (TRANSPORT) LIMITED
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Executive summary
John Hackling (Transport) Limited is a well-established, family-owned mid-sized regional haulier and warehousing operator that has successfully navigated a significant balance sheet restructure since 2021, transitioning from a property-heavy to a leaner operating model. The 2025 financial year demonstrates meaningful recovery, with revenue growing 12.6% to £17.43M and operating margins improving from an unsustainable 0.3% to a more sector-appropriate 2.4%. However, profitability remains at the lower end of acceptable performance for a dual-revenue business, and the aggressive dividend extraction policy (81% payout ratio) limits internal reinvestment capacity. The company's competitive position is sound within its regional market, supported by 60 years of trading history, conservative leverage, and the stabilising effect of warehousing income, but scale limitations and margin vulnerability in a cost-inflationary environment remain structural constraints on future growth.
Shareholders' funds
£5,009,917
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is haulage contractors and warehousing.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1964-09-10
- Employees
- 137 (2025 accounts · was 134 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Hackling House Bourton Industrial Park, Bourton-On-The-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2EP
- Postcode
- GL54 2EP
- Capital
- 9,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-30
- Next due by
- 2027-04-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
- 52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
Officers 7 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by JOHN HACKLING (HOLDINGS) LTD — since 2018-10-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB423524 (Tier 2), registered since 2022.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HACKLING HOUSE, BOURTON INDUSTRIAL PARK, BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL54 2EP | 2008-04-24 |
| HACKLING HOUSE, BOURTON INDUSTRIAL PARK, BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL54 2EP | 2007-04-11 |
| HACKLING HOUSE, BOURTON INDUSTRIAL PARK, BOURTON ON THE WATER, CHELTENHAM GLOS GL54 2EP | 2006-04-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 261 similar companies in GL
The largest employer among its local peers (137 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1964.
No.4 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Cheltenham →
Competitors Cheltenham
This company ranks 4 among freight transport by road in Cheltenham.