Fracht UK Limited
Registered name: FRACHT UK LIMITED
Fracht UK Limited made £22.6m revenue and £774k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Fracht UK Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £22.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £774k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £30.2m | £22.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £26.3m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.9m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.2m | £932k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £953k | £774k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £953k | £774k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 29 | 37 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 13.1% | 17.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £816k | £580k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £25.8k | £19.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −150% | 64% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼25.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼18.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16% | ▲27.6% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £3.1m | £4.4m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £844k | £22.6k | £13.9k | £323k |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5m | £6.9m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £195k | £18.5k | £190k | £25k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.8m | £597k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £580k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 64%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼87%
- Now £25k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2229%
- Now £323k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Embassy Freight Services (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fracht Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £774k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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