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Company No. 08909916 · Incorporated 25 Feb 2014

One Motion Logistics Ltd

Registered name: ONE MOTION LOGISTICS LTD

Part of One Motion Eot Limited group

One Motion Logistics Ltd made £48m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text

One Motion Logistics Ltd’s revenue fell 22% to £48m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.2m and 22 employees. The company is classified under “licensed carriers” and is based in Didcot; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 53201Licensed carriers
Status
Active
Location
Didcot, South East
Age
12 yrs · since 2014
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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling parties are Mr R P Simmonds and Mr R Hershey.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Revenue
£48m
Growth ▼21.5%
Profit
−£2.2m
Growth ▼120%
Profit margin
−4.7%
Gross 22.4%
Employees
22
Change ▲4.8%
Profit / employee
−£102k
Revenue/employee £2.2m
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£61.1m£48m
Cost of sales£45.2m£37.2m
Gross profit£15.9m£10.8m
Operating profit£5.5m−£555k
Profit before tax£11.9m−£2.7m
Profit after tax£11.2m−£2.2m
Profit (best available)£11.2m−£2.2m
Staff costs£1.4m£1.4m
Employees (average)2122
Ratios
Profit margin18.3%−4.7%
Gross margin26.1%22.4%
Revenue per employee£2.9m£2.2m
Profit per employee£531k−£102k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼21.5%
Profit growth—▼120%
Headcount growth—▲4.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.6m£1.6m
Net assets£15.7m£11.8m
Fixed assets£27m£24.1m
Current assets£23.8m£17.4m
Debtors£4.7m£2.7m
Deferred income£3.1m£1.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−4.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£2.2m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£102k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
50.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼25%
Now £11.8m
Cash at bank
▼76%
Now £1.6m
Headcount
▲5%
Now 22
Deferred income
▼62%
Now £1.1m
Fixed assets
▼11%
Now £24.1m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. One Motion Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. One Motion Logistics Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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