Safeships London Ltd
Registered name: SAFESHIPS LONDON LTD
Safeships London Ltd made £52.7k revenue and £19.9k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Safeships London Ltd’s revenue grew 24% to £52.7k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £19.9k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Perivale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Perivale, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £55.8k | £60.7k | £42.6k | £52.7k |
| Cost of sales | £10.4k | £15.4k | £5.8k | £5.8k |
| Gross profit | £45.4k | £45.3k | £36.8k | £46.9k |
| Operating profit | £22.2k | £17k | £14.5k | £24.6k |
| Profit before tax | £22.2k | £17k | £14.5k | £24.6k |
| Profit after tax | £18k | £13.8k | £11.8k | £19.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £18k | £13.8k | £11.8k | £19.9k |
| Staff costs | — | £22.1k | £22.3k | — |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 32.2% | 22.7% | 27.7% | 37.9% |
| Gross margin | 81.4% | 74.7% | 86.4% | 89% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.8k | £60.7k | £42.6k | £52.7k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | £13.8k | £11.8k | £19.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▼29.9% | ▲23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.3% | ▼14.6% | ▲69.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £80k | £103k | £141k | £33k |
| Net assets | £98.5k | £126k | £161k | £148k |
| Current assets | £134k | £161k | £141k | £183k |
| Debtors | £53.5k | £58.5k | £55k | £150k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.9k
- 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
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 284.7%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £148k
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £33k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £19.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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