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Company No. 02796763 · Incorporated 5 Mar 1993

Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limited

Registered name: LYNN STAR DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS LIMITED

Part of Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited group

Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limited made £6.4m revenue and £370k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limited’s revenue was £6.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £370k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by roadSIC 52103Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
Status
Active
Location
Suffolk, East of England
Age
33 yrs · since 1993
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£6.4m
Growth —
Profit
£370k
Growth —
Profit margin
5.8%
Gross 17.6%
Employees
52
Change —
Profit / employee
£7.1k
Revenue/employee £123k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£9.4m£6.4m
Cost of sales£7.6m£5.3m
Gross profit£1.9m£1.1m
Operating profit£998k£485k
Profit before tax£970k£468k
Profit after tax£787k£370k
Profit (best available)£787k£370k
Staff costs£2.5m£1.6m
Employees (average)5952
Ratios
Profit margin8.3%5.8%
Gross margin20%17.6%
Revenue per employee£160k£123k
Profit per employee£13.3k£7.1k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£738k£938k
Net assets£3.3m£3.7m
Fixed assets£3.1m£3.4m
Current assets£2.3m£2m
Debtors£1.4m£975k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
17.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£123k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
52.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £3.7m
Cash at bank
—
Now £938k
Headcount
—
Now 52
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now £3.4m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Turners (Soham) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Turners (Soham) Limited75–100%
  3. Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (13)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £370k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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