Velta International Ltd
Registered name: VELTA INTERNATIONAL LTD
Part of DR Logistics Group Limited groupVelta International Ltd made £16.6m revenue and £252k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Velta International Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £16.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £252k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Witham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witham, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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 parent company of Velta International Limited is Velta Investments Limited and its registered office is Compass House, Eastways, Witham, Essex, CM8 3YQ.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 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) | £26.8m | £14m | £17.9m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £22.8m | £11m | £14.9m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £182k | £425k | £321k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £181k | £427k | £321k |
| Profit after tax | £962k | £129k | £316k | £252k |
| Profit (best available) | £962k | £129k | £316k | £252k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 39 | 36 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.9% | 21.5% | 16.7% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £655k | £360k | £496k | £460k |
| Profit per employee | £23.5k | £3.3k | £8.8k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼47.7% | ▲27.2% | ▼7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.5% | ▲143.9% | ▼20.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼7.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £338k | £680k | £613k | £407k |
| Net assets | £969k | £1m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £49.2k | £47.3k | £44.5k | £48.7k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £4.1m | £5.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £179k | £107k | £245k | £225k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £460k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- 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 £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £407k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £225k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £48.7k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- DR Logistics Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Velta Investments Limited75–100%
- Velta International Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Velta 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £252k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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