Ocean Trailers Limited
Registered name: OCEAN TRAILERS LIMITED
Part of Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited groupOcean Trailers Limited made £2.7m revenue and £19.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Ocean Trailers Limited’s revenue was £2.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £19.8k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Iver; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Iver, South East
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 is a 100% owned subsidiary of Turner (Soham) Limited, which is a 100% subsidiary of Turner (Soham) Holdings Limited. Both companies are incorporated in England and Wales. Copies of the acc”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £219k | £280k |
| Operating profit | £19.9k | £28.9k |
| Profit before tax | £18.3k | £35.5k |
| Profit after tax | £12.5k | £19.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £12.5k | £19.8k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.2% | 10.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £2k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £535k | £343k |
| Net assets | £901k | £921k |
| Fixed assets | £340k | £271k |
| Current assets | £860k | £997k |
| Debtors | £297k | £393k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- —
- Now £921k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £343k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £271k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turners (Soham) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Turners (Soham) Limited75–100%
- Ocean Trailers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Logistic Planning Services LimitedRev. £36.6m · Profit £2.3m
- Dowse Haulage LimitedRev. £16m · Profit £2.7m
- Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics LimitedRev. £6.4m · Profit £370k
- Browns Chilled Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DRS Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldstar Transport Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jack Richards Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M & H Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Macintyre Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MKT Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R & R Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SPR Trailer Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Turners (Soham) Service Company 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 2023 (profit £19.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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