Delivered (Reading) Ltd.
Registered name: DELIVERED (READING) LTD.
Part of Scarlet Group Limited groupDelivered (Reading) Ltd. made £5.6m revenue and £8k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Delivered (Reading) Ltd.’s revenue grew 1% to £5.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £8k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 24 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£4.3m | −£4.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £12.4k | £664 |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £7.3k | −£7.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£4.4k | £8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£4.4k | £8k |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 24 | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.1% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £213k | £223k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£168 | £319 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▲8.3% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.7k | £4.5k | — | — |
| Net assets | £243k | £353k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £47.9k | £31k | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £901k | — | — |
| Debtors | £976k | £482k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £319
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Scarlet Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Delivered (Reading) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Delivered UK LtdRev. £7.5m · Profit £67.8k
- Delivered Portsmouth LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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