Pinnacle International Freight Limited
Registered name: PINNACLE INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT LIMITED
Part of Pinnacle International Freight Holdings Limited groupPinnacle International Freight Limited made £23.4m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pinnacle International Freight Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £23.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.6m | £22.6m | £25.2m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £33.9m | £15.6m | £18.1m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.6m | £7m | £7.2m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 61 | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 30.9% | 28.4% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £676k | £370k | £443k | £426k |
| Profit per employee | £39.6k | £21.6k | £22.6k | £18.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼46.9% | ▲11.7% | ▼7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.2% | ▼1.8% | ▼21.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼6.6% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2m | £910k |
| Net assets | £13.2m | £13.7m | £14m | £14.3m |
| Fixed assets | £480k | £893k | £802k | £880k |
| Current assets | £18.4m | £16.6m | £16.6m | £16.8m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £2.9m | £4m | £2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £426k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £14.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £910k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £880k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pinnacle International Freight Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pinnacle International Freight Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Complete Logistics LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £1.9k
- Pinnacle FFG International LimitedRev. £1.2k · Profit £3.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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