3rd Party Logistics Ltd
Registered name: 3RD PARTY LOGISTICS LTD
3rd Party Logistics Ltd made £14m revenue and £269k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025.
3rd Party Logistics Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £14m in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £269k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “freight rail transport” and is based in Felixstowe; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Felixstowe, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | −£61.2k | £503k |
| Profit before tax | −£143k | £384k |
| Profit after tax | −£135k | £269k |
| Profit (best available) | −£135k | £269k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £453k | £519k |
| Profit per employee | −£5k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | 148.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £961k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £4m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £156k | £253k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £745k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £519k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 148.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £961k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- ▲63%
- Now £253k
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Borroughs Ltd. 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £269k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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