Abull Forwarding Limited
Registered name: ABULL FORWARDING LIMITED
Abull Forwarding Limited made £1.6m revenue and £10.5k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Abull Forwarding Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £1.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £10.5k profit and 3 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
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £226k | £196k | £225k |
| Operating profit | — | £13.8k | £8.7k | £11.7k |
| Profit before tax | — | £13.8k | £8.7k | £10.3k |
| Profit after tax | — | £12.6k | £7.1k | £10.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £12.6k | £7.1k | £10.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 11.4% | 14% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £661k | £467k | £536k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.2k | £2.4k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼29.4% | ▲14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼43.9% | ▲48.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £21k | £32.4k | £16.5k |
| Net assets | £54.8k | £57.5k | £58.5k | £60k |
| Fixed assets | £6.5k | £5.2k | £4.4k | £21.4k |
| Current assets | £370k | £239k | £285k | £248k |
| Debtors | — | £216k | £245k | £223k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £536k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £60k
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £16.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲383%
- Now £21.4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £10.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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