One Motion Logistics Ltd
Registered name: ONE MOTION LOGISTICS LTD
Part of One Motion Eot Limited groupOne 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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 21 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 18.3% | −4.7% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- One Motion Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- 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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