Motis Freight Services Limited
Registered name: MOTIS FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Motis Group Limited groupMotis Freight Services Limited made £4.2m revenue and a £257k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Motis Freight Services Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £4.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £257k and 51 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Dover; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dover, 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: “Motis Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.8m | £6.4m | £4.8m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.1m | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.7m | £207k | −£274k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.7m | £211k | −£263k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.3m | £153k | −£257k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.3m | £153k | −£257k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 62 | 58 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.9% | 20.9% | 3.2% | −6.2% |
| Gross margin | 82.2% | 79.2% | 72% | 67% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £103k | £83.2k | £82.1k |
| Profit per employee | £30.7k | £21.6k | £2.6k | −£5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▼24.7% | ▼13.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.7% | ▼88.5% | ▼268% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.5% | ▼12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £271k | £1.1m | £431k | £308k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.8m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £212k | £131k | £159k | £465k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.1m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £449k | £554k | £362k | £398k |
| Deferred income | £340k | £317k | £240k | £485k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £308k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▲102%
- Now £485k
- Fixed assets
- ▲192%
- Now £465k
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
- Motis Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Motis Freight Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Motis Ireland LimitedRev. £57.9m · Profit £1.6m
- Motis Tolls LimitedRev. £29.3m · Profit £188k
- Motis Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Motis Freeflow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Motis LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Motis Pallet Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Motis Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sitom LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tomis LtdFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£257k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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