Puzzle Freight Limited
Registered name: PUZZLE FREIGHT LIMITED
Puzzle Freight Limited made £8.9m revenue and £74k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Puzzle Freight Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £74k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “cargo handling for air transport activities” and is based in West Drayton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Drayton, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 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) | £9.4m | £8.7m | £8.3m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.2m | £6.9m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £294k | £191k | £95.2k | £107k |
| Profit before tax | £294k | £190k | £95.2k | £107k |
| Profit after tax | £236k | £141k | £76.3k | £74k |
| Profit (best available) | £236k | £141k | £76.3k | £74k |
| Employees (average) | -9 | -11 | 0 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 12.7% | 16.7% | 17.6% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | −£1m | −£789k | — | £637k |
| Profit per employee | −£26.2k | −£12.8k | — | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% | ▼4.2% | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.4% | ▼45.8% | ▼3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £370k | £597k | £582k | £401k |
| Net assets | £638k | £739k | £685k | £639k |
| Fixed assets | £23.8k | £12k | £8k | — |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| 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
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £637k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- 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
- 14.5%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £639k
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £401k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £74k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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