Spedition Services Limited
Registered name: SPEDITION SERVICES LIMITED
Spedition Services Limited made £16.9m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Spedition Services Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £16.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “freight rail transport” and is based in Leatherhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leatherhead, London
- Age
- 35 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43m | £26.8m | £15.3m | £16.9m |
| Cost of sales | £29.8m | £19.4m | £12.6m | £13.8m |
| Gross profit | £13.2m | £7.4m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £11.8m | £4.8m | £938k | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £11.8m | £5.1m | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £9.6m | £3.8m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.6m | £3.8m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £806k | £724k | £756k |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 28 | 21 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.4% | 14.3% | 7.4% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 27.6% | 17.9% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £958k | £729k | £843k |
| Profit per employee | £321k | £137k | £53.8k | £99.8k |
| Cash conversion | 74% | 143.3% | −476.9% | 83.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼37.7% | ▼42.9% | ▲10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.1% | ▼70.7% | ▲76.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▼25% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.9m | £26.1m | £20.3m | £18m |
| Net assets | £20.3m | £22.1m | £23.3m | £24.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £27.8m | £29.4m | £24.9m | £25.8m |
| Debtors | £6.6m | £3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £397k | £673k | £349k | £146k |
| Cash from operations | £8.7m | £6.8m | −£4.5m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £843k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £99.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 83.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £24.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £18m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▼58%
- Now £146k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.6m
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 Mar 2026 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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