Armstrong Logistics Limited
Registered name: ARMSTRONG LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of Armstrong Group of Companies Limited groupArmstrong Logistics Limited made £38.3m revenue and £701k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Armstrong Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £38.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £701k profit and 355 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Lutterworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lutterworth, 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: “Armstrong Group Of Companies 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.8m | £31.5m | £33.3m | £38.3m |
| Cost of sales | £27.9m | £23m | £24.4m | £28.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £8.5m | £8.9m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £615k | £878k | £979k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £493k | £696k | £759k | £884k |
| Profit after tax | £487k | £531k | £531k | £701k |
| Profit (best available) | £487k | £531k | £531k | £701k |
| Staff costs | £10.9m | £10.1m | £10.6m | £12.8m |
| Employees (average) | 409 | 325 | 318 | 355 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 26.9% | 26.7% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £87.5k | £96.8k | £105k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £1.6k | £1.7k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▲5.8% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼0.1% | ▲32% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.5% | ▼2.1% | ▲11.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £994k | £1.7m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £6.1m | £6.4m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £10.3m | £11.7m | £13.4m |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £617k | £703k | £2m | £946k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 355
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £946k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.2m
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
- Armstrong Group of Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Armstrong Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Armstrong Express LtdFigures not disclosed
- Armstrong Fitness LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Armstrong Property Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Armstrong Vehicle Services 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 Sep 2025 (profit £701k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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