Metro Supply Chain Limited
Registered name: METRO SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED
Part of Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limited groupMetro Supply Chain Limited made £21.5m revenue and a £268k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Metro Supply Chain Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £21.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £268k and 188 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 parent company is Metro Supply Chain (P”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £20.5m | £15.6m | £18.6m | £21.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £13.8m | £16.5m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £256k | −£233k | £140k | −£308k |
| Profit before tax | £252k | −£239k | £138k | −£307k |
| Profit after tax | £81.5k | −£244k | £149k | −£268k |
| Profit (best available) | £81.5k | −£244k | £149k | −£268k |
| Staff costs | £8.6m | £5.6m | £6.4m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 175 | 168 | 173 | 188 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −1.6% | 0.8% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £92.7k | £108k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £466 | −£1.5k | £860 | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲19.5% | ▲15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼280.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲3% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £413k | £1m | £1.5m | £517k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £985k | £1.1m | £866k |
| Fixed assets | £336k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £949k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £5.4m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3.2m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £493k | £676k | £748k | £796k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.7%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £866k
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £517k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 188
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £796k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £949k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Metro Supply Chain (SCG UK) Limited75–100%
- Metro Supply Chain (PL UK) Limited75–100%
- Metro Supply Chain Limitedthis 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£268k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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