Cargo Forwarder Ltd
Registered name: CARGO FORWARDER LTD
Cargo Forwarder Ltd made £164k revenue and £117k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Cargo Forwarder Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £164k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £117k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £167k | £164k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £39.4k | £57.3k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £128k | £107k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £61.5k | £117k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £65.3k | £117k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £65.3k | £117k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £65.3k | £117k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 39% | 71.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 76.5% | 65.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £83.7k | £82.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £32.6k | £58.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲78.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼66.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £28.2k | £3.7k | £9.3k | £12.7k |
| Net assets | −£7.5k | −£33.4k | −£77.4k | £94.1k |
| Fixed assets | £10.8k | £2k | £1.4k | £1.2k |
| Current assets | £62k | £63.9k | £93.1k | £36.9k |
| Debtors | £33.8k | £60.2k | £6.2k | £1.9k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £13k | £18.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 71.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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 £94.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £12.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £18.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £1.2k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Buytasker 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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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