Rhenus High Tech Limited
Registered name: RHENUS HIGH TECH LIMITED
Rhenus High Tech Limited made £19.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rhenus High Tech Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £19.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £19m | £19.2m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £10.6m | £10.8m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £8.5m | £8.4m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.3m | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £6.2m | £6.5m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 129 | 137 | 140 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 6% | 5.3% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 44.5% | 43.8% | 46.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £144k | £139k | £137k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £8.3k | £7.3k | £8.3k |
| Cash conversion | 40.7% | 29.1% | −113.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲1.3% | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.1% | ▼10.1% | ▲10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲2.2% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £256k | £7.7k | £105k | £4.2k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £3.4m | £4m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £6.4m | £7.2m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £4.1m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £699k | £391k | −£1.5m | −£837k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £4.2k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £1.7m
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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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