Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Logistics Limited
Registered name: DEN HARTOGH DRY BULK LOGISTICS LIMITED
Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Logistics Limited made £79.2m revenue and a £911k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Den Hartogh Dry Bulk Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £79.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £911k and 131 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Hull; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, 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. From the filing: “The Company's immediate and ultimate parent company is Den Hartogh Holding B.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands and the ultimate controlling party is K P Den Hartogh. The parent undertaking”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £76.4m | £79.2m |
| Cost of sales | £63.1m | £68.8m |
| Gross profit | £13.3m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.6m | −£676k |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | −£962k |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | −£911k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | −£911k |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 131 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 13.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £728k | £605k |
| Profit per employee | £38.9k | −£7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼122.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £491k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £16.8m | £15.9m |
| Fixed assets | £22.7m | £19.4m |
| Current assets | £45.7m | £59.5m |
| Debtors | £9.9m | £11.3m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £605k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £15.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲236%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £2.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £19.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£911k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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