Scarlet Group Limited
Registered name: SCARLET GROUP LIMITED
Scarlet Group Limited made £17.6m revenue and £187k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Scarlet Group Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £17.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £187k profit and 71 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
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 | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.4m | £16.3m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£13.6m | −£12.8m | −£13.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £285k | £43.3k | £269k |
| Profit before tax | — | £259k | £15.3k | £235k |
| Profit after tax | £173k | £212k | −£17.1k | £187k |
| Profit (best available) | £173k | £212k | −£17.1k | £187k |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 89 | 80 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.2% | −0.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.1% | 21.3% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £196k | £204k | £248k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £2.4k | −£214 | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼6.4% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.9% | ▼108.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▼10.1% | ▼11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £270k | £270k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £470k | £470k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £248k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Delivered UK LtdRev. £7.5m · Profit £67.8k
- Delivered (Reading) Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- 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 £187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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