Cosco Shipping Bulk (UK) Company Limited
Registered name: COSCO SHIPPING BULK (UK) COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Cosco (H.K.) Shipping Co, Limited groupCosco Shipping Bulk (UK) Company Limited made £1.5m revenue and £106k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Cosco Shipping Bulk (UK) Company Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £106k profit. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Essex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, London
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £141k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | £162k | £158k |
| Profit after tax | £119k | £106k |
| Profit (best available) | £119k | £106k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 6.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cosco (H.K.) Shipping Co, Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Cosco Shipping Bulk (UK) Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £106k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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