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Company No. 02879253 · Incorporated 9 Dec 1993

Acclaim Parcel Express (Southampton) Limited

Registered name: ACCLAIM PARCEL EXPRESS (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED

Part of Nolichem Consultancy Limited group

Acclaim Parcel Express (Southampton) Limited made £1.4m revenue and £32.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Acclaim Parcel Express (Southampton) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £32.3k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Southampton, South East
Age
32 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 Mar 2025

Key figures

Small teamCapital-lightBoring industry
Revenue
£1.4m
Growth ▲1.9%
Profit
£32.3k
Growth —
Profit margin
2.3%
Gross 13.2%
Employees
5
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£6.5k
Revenue/employee £287k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureNo P&LNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)——£1.4m£1.4m
Cost of sales——£1.2m£1.2m
Gross profit——£196k£190k
Operating profit——−£57.4k£26.5k
Profit before tax——−£52.2k£25.8k
Profit after tax——−£52.2k£32.3k
Profit (best available)——−£52.2k£32.3k
Employees (average)111555
Ratios
Profit margin——−3.7%2.3%
Gross margin——14%13.2%
Revenue per employee——£281k£287k
Profit per employee——−£10.4k£6.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth———▲1.9%
Headcount growth—▲36.4%▼66.7%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£84.7k£110k£3.9k£32.8k
Net assets£335k£384k£332k£364k
Fixed assets£93.1k£24.7k£14.9k£1.5k
Current assets£841k£837k£614k£744k
Debtors£10.2k£2.7k£9.8k£110k
Deferred income——£2.9k£5.9k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£287k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£6.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
7.6%
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
▲10%
Now £364k
Cash at bank
▲750%
Now £32.8k
Headcount
0%
Now 5
Deferred income
▲107%
Now £5.9k
Fixed assets
▼90%
Now £1.5k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Nolichem Consultancy Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Acclaim Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Acclaim Parcel Express (Southampton) Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £32.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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