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Company No. 01658317 · Incorporated 13 Aug 1982

Delivered UK Ltd

Registered name: DELIVERED UK LTD

Part of Scarlet Group Limited group

Delivered UK Ltd made £7.5m revenue and £67.8k profit in the year to 31 May 2023.

Delivered UK Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £7.5m in the year to 31 May 2023, with £67.8k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
High Wycombe, South East
Age
44 yrs · since 1982
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2023

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industry
Revenue
£7.5m
Growth ▼6.5%
Profit
£67.8k
Growth ▼22.1%
Profit margin
0.9%
Gross 22.6%
Employees
51
Change ▼12.1%
Profit / employee
£1.3k
Revenue/employee £148k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£8m£7.5m
Cost of sales£6.3m£5.8m
Gross profit£1.8m£1.7m
Operating profit£95.7k£110k
Profit before tax£78k£85.3k
Profit after tax£87k£67.8k
Profit (best available)£87k£67.8k
Staff costs£1.8m£1.9m
Employees (average)5851
Ratios
Profit margin1.1%0.9%
Gross margin22.1%22.6%
Revenue per employee£139k£148k
Profit per employee£1.5k£1.3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼6.5%
Profit growth—▼22.1%
Headcount growth—▼12.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£10k£31k
Net assets£309k£374k
Fixed assets£115k£260k
Current assets£2.2m£2m
Debtors£1.4m£1.4m
Deferred income£198k£162k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£148k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
18.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲21%
Now £374k
Cash at bank
▲211%
Now £31k
Headcount
▼12%
Now 51
Deferred income
▼18%
Now £162k
Fixed assets
▲126%
Now £260k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Scarlet Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Delivered UK Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Same industry, similar size

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2023 (profit £67.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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