Pallet Plus Ltd
Registered name: PALLET PLUS LTD
Part of Expect Distribution Group Limited groupPallet Plus Ltd made £12.1m revenue and £401k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Pallet Plus Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £12.1m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £401k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Bradford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 ultimate parent company and controlling party is Expect Distribution Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with registered office Premier Point, Premier Gate, Staithgate Lane, B”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.4m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £9.1m | £9.2m | £10m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.3m | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1m | £865k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.4m | £938k | £589k |
| Profit after tax | £917k | £1m | £702k | £401k |
| Profit (best available) | £917k | £1m | £702k | £401k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 79 | 83 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.1% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 20% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £138k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | £10.2k | £12.8k | £8.5k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼42.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £350k | £28.8k | £90.1k | £19.6k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.8m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £3.9m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £342k | £47.8k | £50.7k | £88.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £19.6k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- ▲75%
- Now £88.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £1.7m
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
- Expect Distribution Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pallet Plus Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Crossways Commercials LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Expect Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £401k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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