WS Specialist Logistics Limited
Registered name: WS SPECIALIST LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of WST Group Limited groupWS Specialist Logistics Limited made £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
WS Specialist Logistics Limited reported £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024, up 85% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 364 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Knutsford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knutsford, North West
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £838k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £838k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 398 | 364 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲85.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £559k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.6m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £26.1m | £31.3m |
| Debtors | £11.2m | £16.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲107%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 364
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £6.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- WST Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- WS Specialist Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Direct Haulage LtdFigures not disclosed
- Mbrook Investments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Oliver Transport Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- WMB Logistics LtdFigures not disclosed
- WS Freight Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WS Light Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Chieftain Fleet Management LimitedRev. £20.7m · Profit £1.2m
- H E Payne Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WS Central Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WS Express LtdFigures not disclosed
- WS Holdco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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