Metro Global Holdings Limited
Registered name: METRO GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of GB Europe Holdings Limited groupMetro Global Holdings Limited made £845k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022 (revenue not disclosed).
Metro Global Holdings Limited reported £845k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 5 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in Upminster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Upminster, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
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.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £847k | £850k |
| Profit after tax | — | £845k |
| Profit (best available) | £847k | £845k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £212k | £169k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £4m |
| Net assets | £20.7m | £21.5m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £4m |
| Debtors | £815 | £814 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
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
- £169k
- 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.
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
- —
- Now £21.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GB Europe Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- GB Global Management Limited75–100%
- Metro Global Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Metro Shipping LimitedRev. £170m · Profit £15.6m
- Metro Global LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (15)
- Uniserve LimitedRev. £244m · Profit £22.8m
- James Kemball LimitedRev. £43.2m · Profit £2.4m
- Commercial Platforms International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cpi Media Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cromwell Manor Functions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Customs Insights Consultancy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Efret LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eurotrade Fulfilment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- One World Global Trade Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniocean Lines LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniserve (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniserve (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uniserve (U.K.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uogp LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wilgo Freight Holdings 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 2022 (profit £845k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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