How many employees does Shepherd Distribution Services Limited have?

Shepherd Distribution Services Limited reported an average of 90 employees in the year to 31 Jul 2025.

Is Shepherd Distribution Services Limited profitable?

Shepherd Distribution Services Limited reported break-even results (zero profit) in the year to 31 Jul 2025.

Company No. 07260248 · Incorporated 20 May 2010

Shepherd Distribution Services Limited

Registered name: SHEPHERD DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED

Part of Shepherd Distribution Trustee Limited group

Shepherd Distribution Services Limited made £0 profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).

Shepherd Distribution Services Limited reported £0 profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025, down 100% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 90 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road

Status: Active
Location: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age: 16 yrs · since 2010
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jul 2025

Key figures

Boring industryCash flow filed

Revenue

—

Not disclosed in filing

Profit

£0

Growth ▼100%

Profit margin

—

Employees

Change ▲4400%

Profit / employee

£0

Profitable streak

0yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Jul 2022	31 Jul 2023	31 Jul 2024	31 Jul 2025
Disclosure	Profit only	Profit only	Profit only	Profit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—	—	—
Cost of sales	£8.8m	£8.5m	£7.8m	£8.4m
Profit before tax	—	—	£35.4k	£50.3k
Profit after tax	£1.9m	£263k	£235k	£0
Profit (best available)	£1.9m	£263k	£235k	£0
Staff costs	£0	£0	£0	£0
Employees (average)	2	2	2	90
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—	—	—
Profit per employee	£940k	£132k	£118k	£0
Growth (year on year)
Profit growth	—	▼86%	▼10.5%	▼100%
Headcount growth	—	0%	0%	▲4400%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£321k	£107k	£122k	£52.1k
Net assets	£50.2k	£50.2k	£151k	£50.2k
Fixed assets	£1.3m	£1.5m	£1.5m	£1.4m
Current assets	£2.5m	£2.1m	£2m	£2.2m
Debtors	£0	£0	£0	£0
Deferred income	£0	£0	£0	£0
Cash from operations	−£1.8m	−£423k	−£524k	−£620k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: —; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: —; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: —; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: £0; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: —; 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.

Indirect — not revenue

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: ▼67%; Now £50.2k
Cash at bank: ▼57%; Now £52.1k
Headcount: ▲4400%; Now 90
Deferred income: —; Now £0
Fixed assets: ▼7%; Now £1.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Shepherd Distribution Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
Shepherd Distribution Services Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Yarborough LimitedRev. £10.3m · Profit £77.1k

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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