Stuart Delivery Ltd
Registered name: STUART DELIVERY LTD
Stuart Delivery Ltd made £42.7m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Stuart Delivery Ltd’s revenue fell 57% to £42.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.6m profit and 108 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £100m | £42.7m |
| Cost of sales | £38m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £62.4m | £29.9m |
| Operating profit | £24.5m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £24.4m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £18.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £18.5m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £19.4m | £11.2m |
| Employees (average) | 206 | 108 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 18.4% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 62.1% | 70% |
| Revenue per employee | £487k | £396k |
| Profit per employee | £89.7k | £24.3k |
| Cash conversion | 15.5% | −168.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼57.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼85.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼47.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.4m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £26.7m | £29.3m |
| Fixed assets | £815k | £508k |
| Current assets | £35.4m | £33.5m |
| Debtors | £23m | £6.7m |
| Deferred income | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £3.8m | −£5.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £396k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −168.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £29.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼48%
- Now 108
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼38%
- Now £508k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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