Constellation Cold Logistics UK 2 Limited
Registered name: CONSTELLATION COLD LOGISTICS UK 2 LIMITED
Part of Constellation Cold Logistics Holdings Limited groupConstellation Cold Logistics UK 2 Limited made £16.7m revenue and a £2.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Constellation Cold Logistics UK 2 Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.4m and 151 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in N E Lincolnshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- N E Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.7m | £19.3m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £17.9m | £14.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £1.4m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £818k | −£2m | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £818k | −£2m | −£2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £675k | −£1.5m | −£2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £675k | −£1.5m | −£2.4m |
| Staff costs | £10m | £8.6m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 243 | 205 | 151 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | −7.9% | −14.7% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 7.3% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £94.1k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | −£7.4k | −£16.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.9% | ▼13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼325% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼26.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1m | £439k |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £9.7m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £8.7m | £7.3m |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £7.2m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £3.3m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.3%
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £439k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £7.3m
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
- Constellation Cold Logistics Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK Limited75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK 2 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cryotech (Grimsby) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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