Coastal Global Logistics Limited
Registered name: COASTAL GLOBAL LOGISTICS LIMITED
Coastal Global Logistics Limited made £26.4m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Coastal Global Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £26.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.4m profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Felixstowe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Felixstowe, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.9m | £29m | £23.9m | £26.4m |
| Cost of sales | £39.4m | £25.9m | £21.1m | £23m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £3m | £2.9m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £981k | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 4% | 4.9% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 10.4% | 11.9% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.4m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £115k | £68.7k | £64.6k | £81.6k |
| Cash conversion | 102.4% | 92.2% | 59.4% | 66.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.1% | ▼17.3% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.5% | ▼0.5% | ▲19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▲5.9% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £917k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £172k | £175k | £371k | £437k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £5.4m | £5.1m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £2.7m | £1.3m | £914k | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 66.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £917k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £437k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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