Cargo Records (UK) Limited
Registered name: CARGO RECORDS (UK) LIMITED
Cargo Records (UK) Limited made £10.5m revenue and £103k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cargo Records (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £103k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of audio tapes, records, cds and video tapes and the equipment on which these are played” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £7.6m | £7.1m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £6.4m | −£6.1m | −£9.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £290k | £36.6k | −£18.6k | £136k |
| Profit before tax | £290k | £36.1k | −£18.8k | £136k |
| Profit after tax | £234k | £27.8k | −£17.8k | £103k |
| Profit (best available) | £234k | £27.8k | −£17.8k | £103k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 0.4% | −0.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 15.6% | 14.7% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £432k | £401k | £396k | £523k |
| Profit per employee | £12.3k | £1.5k | −£990 | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼6.6% | ▲46.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼88.1% | ▼164.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼5.3% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £474k | £992k | — | — |
| Net assets | £728k | £664k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.6k | £1.9k | — | — |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £988k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £775k | £540k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £523k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Bwscd Inc. (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £103k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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