Southampton Freight Services Limited
Registered name: SOUTHAMPTON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
Southampton Freight Services Limited made £13.9m revenue and £268k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Southampton Freight Services Limited’s revenue was £13.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £268k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for air transport activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.9m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£9.9m | −£9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £500k | £504k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £500k | £506k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £537k | £268k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £537k | £268k |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 40 | 45 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 33.2% | 35.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £330k | £239k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £11.9k | £4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £493k | £294k | £319k | — |
| Net assets | £377k | £320k | £363k | — |
| Fixed assets | £389k | £377k | £263k | — |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.8m | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £239k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- 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 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Ex PD International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SFS Cruise Logistics LtdFigures not disclosed
- SFS Trading Co LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £268k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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