GDS Logistics Ltd
Registered name: GDS LOGISTICS LTD
GDS Logistics Ltd made £396k revenue and £1.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
GDS Logistics Ltd’s revenue fell 20% to £396k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Thatcham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thatcham, South East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £424k | £434k | £494k | £396k |
| Profit after tax | £21k | £20.4k | £13.5k | £1.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £21k | £20.4k | £13.5k | £1.2k |
| Staff costs | £152k | £157k | £213k | £205k |
| Employees (average) | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 4.7% | 2.7% | 0.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £86.7k | £98.8k | £79.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.1k | £2.7k | £247 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲14% | ▼19.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼34% | ▼90.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £114k | £135k | £150k | £152k |
| Fixed assets | £248k | £204k | £258k | £224k |
| Current assets | £40.7k | £48.5k | £64k | £16k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £247
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 56.5%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £152k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £224k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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