Constellation Cold Logistics UK Limited
Registered name: CONSTELLATION COLD LOGISTICS UK LIMITED
Part of Constellation Cold Logistics Holdings Limited groupConstellation Cold Logistics UK Limited made £24m revenue and a £7.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Constellation Cold Logistics UK Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £24m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £7.2m and 183 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of poultry meat” and is based in N E Lincolnshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- N E Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £13.8m | £20.7m | £24m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £6m | £11.1m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £7.8m | £9.6m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £536k | £41.6k | £572k | −£5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £237k | −£1.3m | −£817k | −£7.2m |
| Profit after tax | £184k | −£2.8m | −£678k | −£7.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £184k | −£2.8m | −£678k | −£7.2m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £4.9m | £7.8m | £10.4m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 91 | 152 | 183 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | −20.5% | −3.3% | −30.1% |
| Gross margin | 65.2% | 56.6% | 46.2% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £152k | £136k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | −£31.2k | −£4.5k | −£39.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.5% | ▲50.1% | ▲15.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1639% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.7% | ▲67% | ▲20.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £387 | £4m | £315 | £708k |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £4.5m | £17.2m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £17.5m | £32.1m | £54.9m | £74m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £8.1m | £5.6m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £82.2k | £249k | £1.3m | £439k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −30.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£39.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 308.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲224712%
- Now £708k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▼66%
- Now £439k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £74m
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
- Constellation Cold Logistics Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK Midco Limited75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Constellation Cold Logistics UK 2 LimitedRev. £16.7m · Profit −£2.4m
- Cryotech (Grimsby) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£7.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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