Zim UK Limited
Registered name: ZIM UK LIMITED
Zim UK Limited made £1.9m revenue and £38.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zim UK Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £38.5k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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: “Zim Integarated Shipping Services Limited”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £39.1k | £44k | £53.8k | £62.4k |
| Profit before tax | £30.2k | £36.8k | £46.3k | £53k |
| Profit after tax | £25.8k | £25.8k | £34.7k | £38.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £25.8k | £25.8k | £34.7k | £38.5k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2% |
| Revenue per employee | £71.7k | £85.4k | £66.2k | £79.6k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £1.2k | £1.4k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.9% | ▼15.4% | ▲20.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▲34.4% | ▲11% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲9.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £290k | £288k | £466k |
| Net assets | £767k | £792k | £827k | £866k |
| Fixed assets | £198k | £158k | £112k | £85.2k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £876k | £907k | £958k |
| Debtors | £45.9k | £586k | £618k | £492k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £866k
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £466k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £85.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £38.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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