Berser International Cargo Services Limited
Registered name: BERSER INTERNATIONAL CARGO SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Emerge Global Ltd groupBerser International Cargo Services Limited made £7m revenue and £512k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Berser International Cargo Services Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £512k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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) | £5.3m | £5.4m | £6.4m | £7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £4.3m | £5m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £455k | £469k | £708k | £628k |
| Profit before tax | £296k | £281k | £565k | £497k |
| Profit after tax | £244k | £194k | £422k | £512k |
| Profit (best available) | £244k | £194k | £422k | £512k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 33 | 29 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 3.6% | 6.6% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 20.9% | 21.5% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £165k | £221k | £232k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £5.9k | £14.5k | £17.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲17.8% | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.4% | ▲117.4% | ▲21.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▼12.1% | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £727k | £127k | £193k | £57.5k |
| Net assets | £498k | £691k | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £465k | £358k | £265k | £157k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £952k | £945k | £999k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £232k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £57.5k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼41%
- Now £157k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Emerge Global Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Emerge Ecommerce Limited75–100%
- Berser International Cargo Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Britam Shipping LtdRev. £31.3m · Profit £1.1m
- Speed Welshpool LtdRev. £9.7m · Profit £553k
- Seaspace International Forwarders LimitedRev. £8.6m · Profit −£1.1m
- Thaw Logistics LtdRev. £1.4m · Profit −£79.4k
- Amg Fulfilment Logistics LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£163
- Easycorp UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vault Brand Management 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 Dec 2025 (profit £512k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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