Express Freight Solutions Ltd
Registered name: EXPRESS FREIGHT SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of Efs Global Limited groupExpress Freight Solutions Ltd does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Mar 2025 show net assets of £310k and 187 employees.
Express Freight Solutions Ltd did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 showed net assets of £310k and 187 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Burnley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burnley, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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. From the filing: “EFS Global Limited”
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
Express Freight Solutions Ltd’s accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 187
- Net assets
- £310k
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 | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 152 | 176 | 175 | 187 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼0.6% | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £106k | £15.4k | £13.8k | £17k |
| Net assets | £72.4k | £140k | £151k | £310k |
| Current assets | £9m | £12m | £14.2m | £18.9m |
| Debtors | £8.9m | £12m | £14.2m | £18.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
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
- ▲106%
- Now £310k
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £17k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 187
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Efs Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Express Freight Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Jones Metcalf LtdRev. £11.9m · Profit £1.3m
- Efs Boss LtdRev. £1.3m · Profit −£2.2m
- Afi UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ecosse Transport Logistics LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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