Pro Carrier Limited
Registered name: PRO CARRIER LIMITED
Pro Carrier Limited made £136m revenue and £182k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Pro Carrier Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £136m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £182k profit and 183 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Tilbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tilbury, London
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £166m | £142m | £104m | £136m |
| Cost of sales | £147m | £124m | £84.3m | £114m |
| Gross profit | £19.1m | £17.9m | £19.9m | £22m |
| Operating profit | £6.6m | £1.1m | £2.1m | £700k |
| Profit before tax | £6.3m | £873k | £1.9m | £121k |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £473k | £1.4m | £182k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £473k | £1.4m | £182k |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £9.4m | £10m | £11.9m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 151 | 154 | 183 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.5% | 12.6% | 19.1% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £941k | £677k | £744k |
| Profit per employee | £45.9k | £3.1k | £8.9k | £994 |
| Cash conversion | — | −509.3% | 164.1% | 344.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.2% | ▼26.7% | ▲30.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.4% | ▲189.5% | ▼86.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲41.1% | ▲2% | ▲18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £212k | £1.9m | £280k | £97.8k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.7m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £6.6m | £8m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £33.1m | £22.8m | £19.6m | £29.8m |
| Debtors | £16m | £12.9m | £12.6m | £16.9m |
| Deferred income | £10.8m | £2.9m | £7.1m | £11.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£5.7m | £3.5m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £744k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £994
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 344.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £97.8k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▲63%
- Now £11.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £8.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- GB Global Management Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £182k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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