Cosco Shipping Crystal Logistics (UK) Company Limited
Registered name: COSCO SHIPPING CRYSTAL LOGISTICS (UK) COMPANY LIMITED
Part of State-Owned Assets Supervision And Administration Commission Of The State Council (Sasac) groupCosco Shipping Crystal Logistics (UK) Company Limited made £14.8m revenue and £49.3k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cosco Shipping Crystal Logistics (UK) Company Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £14.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £49.3k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Essex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £13.9m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£12m | −£11.3m | −£12.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £155k | £51k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £253k | £87.4k |
| Profit after tax | £990k | £192k | £49.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £990k | £192k | £49.3k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.5% | 18.7% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £337k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.6% | ▼74.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £337k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- State-Owned Assets Supervision And Administration Commission Of The State Council (Sasac) (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cosco Shipping (UK) Company Limited75–100%
- Cosco Shipping Crystal Logistics (UK) Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cosco Shipholdings (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £49.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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