Metro Supply Chain (UK) Limited
Registered name: METRO SUPPLY CHAIN (UK) LIMITED
Part of Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limited groupMetro Supply Chain (UK) Limited made £5.6m revenue and £847k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Metro Supply Chain (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £5.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £847k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 immediate parent company is Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) 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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.6m | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.3m | £891k | £818k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.2m | £886k | £847k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.2m | £886k | £847k |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 55 | 50 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 25.8% | 18.6% | 15.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 48.7% | 48.4% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £84.2k | £95.2k | £92.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £21.7k | £17.7k | £13.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.8% | ▲18.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼25.9% | ▼4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼9.1% | ▲22% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £92.2k | £12.4k | £671k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | −£1.6m | −£371k | £515k | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £756k | £581k | £400k | £219k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▲181%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲134%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼45%
- Now £219k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Metro Supply Chain (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Evolution Logistics Group LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £38.5k
- Metro Supply Chain (SCG UK) 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 £847k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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