DCG Logistics UK Ltd
Registered name: DCG LOGISTICS UK LTD
DCG Logistics UK Ltd made £59m revenue and a £373k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
DCG Logistics UK Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £59m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £373k and 106 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.2m | £44.2m | £54.2m | £59m |
| Cost of sales | £36.3m | £43.5m | £50.5m | £55.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £671k | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £729k | −£3.7m | £262k | −£383k |
| Profit before tax | £715k | −£3.7m | £261k | −£373k |
| Profit after tax | £538k | −£3.4m | £261k | −£373k |
| Profit (best available) | £538k | −£3.4m | £261k | −£373k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 94 | 104 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −7.7% | 0.5% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 7.4% | 1.5% | 6.8% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £537k | £470k | £521k | £557k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | −£36.2k | £2.5k | −£3.5k |
| Cash conversion | 289.4% | — | 58.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼243.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £689k | £104k | £234k | £240k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | −£2.3m | −£2.4m | −£2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £6.2m | £9.1m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £900k | £3.7m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £74.8k | £1.3m | £1.9m | £331k |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m | −£2.2m | £152k | £3.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £557k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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 −£2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £240k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £331k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £1.8m
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 2025 (profit −£373k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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