Acclaim Logistics Limited
Registered name: ACCLAIM LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of Nolichem Consultancy Limited groupAcclaim Logistics Limited made £12.2m revenue and a £148k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Acclaim Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £148k and 101 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.5m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.6m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.2m | −£75.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | −£216k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £894k | −£148k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £894k | −£148k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 55 | 86 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.5% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34.7% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £98.8k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.4k | −£1.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −78.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲43.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼116.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲56.4% | ▲17.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £130k | £512k | £925k | £502k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £448k | £1.5m | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.3m | £4.2m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m | £2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £53.9k | £14.7k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£923k | −£1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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 £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £502k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▼73%
- Now £14.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £3.3m
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
- Nolichem Consultancy Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Acclaim Holdings Limited75–100%
- Acclaim Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Acclaim Parcel Express (Southampton) LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £32.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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