X D P Limited
Registered name: X D P LIMITED
X D P Limited made £19.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 29 Jun 2025.
X D P Limited’s revenue was £19.7m in the year to 29 Jun 2025, with £1.5m profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Sutton Coldfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 29 Dec 2024 | 29 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.4m | £31m | £35.4m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £25.5m | £24.9m | £27.7m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6m | £7.7m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2.1m | −£2.3m | −£643k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | −£2.4m | −£671k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£2.5m | £95.4k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£2.5m | £95.4k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.3m | £9.2m | £10.1m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 199 | 168 | 164 | 119 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.6% | −7.9% | 0.3% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 19.4% | 21.7% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £158k | £184k | £216k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.8k | −£14.6k | £582 | £12.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −54.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲14.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼2.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £887k | £55.8k | £61.5k | £558k |
| Net assets | £3m | £565k | £661k | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £570k | £778k | £709k | £757k |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | £921k | −£79.1k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −54.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- —
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £558k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £757k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Jun 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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