Delamode International Logistics Limited
Registered name: DELAMODE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of DLM Midco I Limited groupDelamode International Logistics Limited made £21m revenue and a £5.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Delamode International Logistics Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £21m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £5.5m and 146 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.7m | £21m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £16.2m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | −£722k | −£3m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.3m | −£5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.3m | −£5.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 183 | 146 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −12.7% | −26.3% |
| Gross margin | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | −£17.8k | −£37.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £463k | £287k |
| Net assets | −£8.4m | −£13.9m |
| Debtors | — | £4.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −26.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£37.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.8%
- 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 −£13.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £287k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- DLM Midco I Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DLM Midco II Limited75–100%
- DLM Bidco Limited75–100%
- Xpediator Limited75–100%
- Delamode International Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Delamode Anglia LimitedRev. £21.7m · Profit −£218k
- Delamode Nidd LimitedRev. £12m · Profit £252k
- Regional Express LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit −£251k
- Anglia Forwarding Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Delamode Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Delamode Holdings UK Freight Forwarding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Delamode London 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 −£5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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