Eddie Stobart Limited
Registered name: EDDIE STOBART LIMITED
Part of TM Corporate Holdings UK Limited groupEddie Stobart Limited made £543m revenue and a £16.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Eddie Stobart Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £543m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £16.9m and 3,498 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £506m | £557m | £543m |
| Cost of sales | −£432m | −£495m | −£493m |
| Gross profit | £73.9m | £61.7m | £50.4m |
| Operating profit | £24.3m | £12.8m | −£12.6m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | −£883k | −£24.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.9m | −£1.1m | −£16.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.9m | −£1.1m | −£16.9m |
| Employees (average) | 3,589 | 3,642 | 3,498 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.4% | −0.2% | −3.1% |
| Gross margin | 14.6% | 11.1% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £141k | £153k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.9k | −£300 | −£4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 3,498
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TM Corporate Holdings UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Culina Group Limited75–100%
- Greenwhitestar Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Eddie Stobart Group Limited75–100%
- Eddie Stobart Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Eddie Stobart Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stobart Truckstops LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£16.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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