Trilogy Freight Limited
Registered name: TRILOGY FREIGHT LIMITED
Part of Friars 697 Limited groupTrilogy Freight Limited made £12m revenue and £323k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Trilogy Freight Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £12m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £323k profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Macclesfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Macclesfield, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £11.5m | £10.2m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £9.4m | £8.3m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£165k | −£137k | £621k |
| Profit before tax | £984k | −£284k | −£261k | £484k |
| Profit after tax | £821k | −£340k | −£231k | £323k |
| Profit (best available) | £821k | −£340k | −£231k | £323k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.4m | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 144 | 174 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | −3% | −2.3% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 17.8% | 19.2% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.1k | £79.6k | £58.9k | £88.8k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | −£2.4k | −£1.3k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −67.3% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▼10.6% | ▲17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼141.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▲20.8% | ▼22.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £293k | £325k | £150k | £179k |
| Net assets | £2m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£727k | −£2.2m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £179k
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Friars 697 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Trilogy Freight Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Trilogy Logistics 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 Mar 2025 (profit £323k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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