KBC Logistics Limited
Registered name: KBC LOGISTICS LIMITED
KBC Logistics Limited made £51.5m revenue and £36.4k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
KBC Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £51.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £36.4k profit and 295 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Purfleet; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Purfleet, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.3m | £52.5m | £45.9m | £51.5m |
| Cost of sales | £32.7m | £44.9m | £42.1m | £48.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.6m | £3.8m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.4m | £952k | £373k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.3m | £698k | £75.5k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.9m | £520k | £36.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.9m | £520k | £36.4k |
| Staff costs | £9.8m | £10.3m | £11m | £14.6m |
| Employees (average) | 233 | 237 | 295 | 295 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 3.5% | 1.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 14.5% | 8.2% | 6.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £222k | £156k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £7.9k | £1.8k | £123 |
| Cash conversion | 141.3% | 144.6% | −370.1% | −702.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.5% | ▼12.7% | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼72% | ▼93% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▲24.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £88.4k | £82.1k | £144k | £275k |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £11.3m | £11.8m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £7.1m | £9.5m | £9.6m | £11m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £12.1m | £11.5m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £7m | £6.6m | £5.7m |
| Deferred income | £617k | £607k | £536k | £546k |
| Cash from operations | £2.9m | £3.4m | −£3.5m | −£2.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £123
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −702.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91%
- Now £275k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 295
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £546k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £11m
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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £36.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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