Evolution Logistics Limited
Registered name: EVOLUTION LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limited groupEvolution Logistics Limited made £9.2m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Evolution Logistics Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £9.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 30 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Evolution Logistics Group Limited.”
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) | £22.3m | £13.6m | £10m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17.1m | £10.8m | £8m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £2.8m | £2.1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £182k | −£692k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £194k | −£618k | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £266k | −£706k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £266k | −£706k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 41 | 36 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 1.9% | −7% | −11.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 20.5% | 20.5% | 13.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £620k | £332k | £279k | £306k |
| Profit per employee | £34.1k | £6.5k | −£19.6k | −£35.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼39% | ▼26.3% | ▼8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.3% | ▼365.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▼12.2% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £647k | £421k | £326k | £325k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.5m | £4.8m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £626k | £553k | £642k | £464k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8.2m | £6.7m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.9m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1m | — |
| 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
- −11.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £306k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£35.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼0%
- Now £325k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £464k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Evolution Logistics Group Limited75–100%
- Evolution Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Evolution Time Critical Deutschland LimitedRev. — · Profit £240k
- Evolution Time Critical LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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