Lime Logistics Limited
Registered name: LIME LOGISTICS LIMITED
Lime Logistics Limited made £10.5m revenue and £61k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Lime Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £10.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £61k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £12.8m | £10.3m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £10.7m | £8.5m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £303k | £324k | −£97k | £219k |
| Profit before tax | £233k | £217k | −£226k | £64.1k |
| Profit after tax | £105k | £187k | −£212k | £61k |
| Profit (best available) | £105k | £187k | −£212k | £61k |
| Staff costs | £419k | £206k | £229k | £247k |
| Employees (average) | — | 43 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1.5% | −2.1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 15.8% | 17.6% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £297k | £286k | £283k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.3k | −£5.9k | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | 534.2% | 272.1% | — | 75.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▼19.2% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲78.3% | ▼213.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼16.3% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £72.5k | −£70.8k | £47.6k | £46.8k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £3m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £10.1m | £7.2m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £8.7m | £5.9m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | £19.6k | £67.2k | £40.1k | £17.2k |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £881k | £1.4m | £165k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £283k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 75.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 66%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £46.8k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼57%
- Now £17.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲38%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £61k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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