SF Express (Europe) Co. Ltd
Registered name: SF EXPRESS (EUROPE) CO. LTD
SF Express (Europe) Co. Ltd made £2.6m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
SF Express (Europe) Co. Ltd’s revenue fell 49% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.1m and 10 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Twickenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Twickenham, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 immediate parent company of SF Express (Europe) Co. Ltd is S.F Express (Overseas) Limited and its registered office is 9/F, Asia Logistics Hub SF Centre, 36 Tsing Yi Hong Wan Road, Hong Kong.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.2m | £5.1m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.7m | £4.1m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | — | −£483k | £950k | £16.4k |
| Operating profit | — | −£2.5m | £1.1m | −£864k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.6m | £791k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£2.6m | £791k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £348k | £210k | £334k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 11 | 3 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −25.8% | 15.6% | −40.5% |
| Gross margin | — | −4.7% | 18.7% | 0.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £930k | £1.7m | £261k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£240k | £264k | −£105k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼50.4% | ▼48.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼233.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼64.5% | ▼72.7% | ▲233.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £733k | £3.7m | £1.9m | £297k |
| Net assets | −£3.2m | −£5.9m | −£5.1m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £589k | £11.2k | — | — |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £4m | £1.7m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −40.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £261k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£105k
- 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
- 124.9%
- 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
- —
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £297k
- Headcount
- ▲233%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- SF WM UK LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£371k
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 −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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