Whittle Eastern Europe Logistics Ltd.
Registered name: WHITTLE EASTERN EUROPE LOGISTICS LTD.
Part of NMS Logistics Limited groupWhittle Eastern Europe Logistics Ltd. made £15.6m revenue and £243k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Whittle Eastern Europe Logistics Ltd.’s revenue fell 4% to £15.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £243k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Barrow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barrow, 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is NMS Logistics Limited, a company incorporated in the United”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £19.7m | £16.2m | £15.6m |
| Cost of sales | £16.5m | £16m | £13m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.8m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £358k | £293k | £165k | £173k |
| Profit before tax | £300k | £301k | £301k | £301k |
| Profit after tax | £244k | £261k | £227k | £243k |
| Profit (best available) | £244k | £261k | £227k | £243k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 19.1% | 19.7% | 19.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £553k | £519k | £427k | £410k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £6.9k | £6k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼17.8% | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼13.1% | ▲7.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.5m | £6.9m | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £51.3k | £39k | £118k | £88.8k |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £9.5m | £9.4m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £410k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £6.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £88.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NMS Logistics Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Whittle Eastern Europe Logistics Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £243k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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