Burstwick Freight Services Limited
Registered name: BURSTWICK FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Celeris Leisure Holdings Limited groupBurstwick Freight Services Limited made £2.3m revenue and £429k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Burstwick Freight Services Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £429k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Cottingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cottingham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1m | £2.3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £709k |
| Operating profit | £891k | £420k |
| Profit before tax | £897k | £425k |
| Profit after tax | £878k | £429k |
| Profit (best available) | £878k | £429k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 28.2% | 18.3% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 30.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £41.8k | £22.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £379k | £103k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £589k | £506k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £54k | £4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £103k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £506k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Celeris Leisure Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swift Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Burstwick Freight Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Autocruise Motorhomes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldfinch Industries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Caravans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Holiday Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Leisure Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swift Motorhomes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £429k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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