Professional Freight Solutions Limited
Registered name: PROFESSIONAL FREIGHT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Simarco Holdings Limited groupProfessional Freight Solutions Limited made £13.4m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Professional Freight Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £13.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Witham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witham, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company is Simarco International Limited. This is by virtue of a 100% shareholding in the company, purchased in the prior period.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9m | £14.1m | £14.2m | £13.4m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £10m | £10.3m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.1m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £771k | £1.1m | £876k | £882k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.8% | 15.8% | 15.2% | 15.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.5% | 29.2% | 27.1% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £754k | £642k | £616k | £583k |
| Profit per employee | £89k | £101k | £93.5k | £89.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼4.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £489k |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £7.4m | £9.6m | £11.7m |
| Fixed assets | £34.5k | £26.7k | £23.6k | £20.6k |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £8.8m | £12.9m | £13.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £914k | £2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £521k | £143k | £761k | £202k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £583k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £89.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £11.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £489k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼73%
- Now £202k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £20.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Simarco Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Simarco International Limited75–100%
- Professional Freight Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- A.c.c. Freight Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ifb LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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