Sheldon Clayton Logistics Limited
Registered name: SHELDON CLAYTON LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of Sheldon Clayton Holdings Limited groupSheldon Clayton Logistics Limited made £23.4m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Sheldon Clayton Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £23.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.1m profit and 149 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in West Bromwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Bromwich, West Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 ultimate parent company and ultimate controlling party is Sheldon Clayton Holdings Limited, a company registered in England.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.9m | £21m | £19.2m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £13.6m | £12.6m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £7.4m | £6.7m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £5.6m | £5.5m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 150 | 139 | 149 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8% | 9.1% | 6.7% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 35.1% | 34.8% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £140k | £138k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £12.9k | £12.7k | £9.3k | £14.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼8.3% | ▲21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▼32.1% | ▲65.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▼7.3% | ▲7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £526k | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £9.8m | £10.8m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6.3k | £6.3k | £6.3k | — |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £11.8m | £14.8m | £17.4m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £354k | £157k | £161k | £293k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- ▲82%
- Now £293k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sheldon Clayton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sheldon Clayton Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Birmingham Road Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £6.6k
- Lea Green Project LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.1k
- Sheldon Clayton Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sheldon Clayton Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.9k
- Station Road Bromsgrove Projects LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.3k
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 £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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