Harbour International Freight Limited
Registered name: HARBOUR INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT LIMITED
Harbour International Freight Limited made £7.7m revenue and £3.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Harbour International Freight Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.6k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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. From the filing: “Thornmel Freight Limited”
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £169k | £50k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £131k | £34.4k |
| Profit after tax | £52.8k | £40.8k | £97.7k | £3.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £52.8k | £40.8k | £97.7k | £3.6k |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 34 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.4% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.2% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £211k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £1.2k | £3k | £108 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.6% | ▲139.5% | ▼96.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19.1% | ▼2.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £169k | £99k | £188k | £334k |
| Net assets | £813k | £854k | £952k | £955k |
| Fixed assets | £657k | £563k | £584k | £484k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1m | £1m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £109k | £96.9k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £955k
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £334k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £484k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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