HBC Logistics Ltd
Registered name: HBC LOGISTICS LTD
Part of Transit Topco Limited groupHBC Logistics Ltd made £14.4m revenue and a £108k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
HBC Logistics Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £14.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £108k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Slough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £13.8m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £10.4m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £945k | £184k | £13k |
| Profit before tax | £862k | £69k | −£122k |
| Profit after tax | £750k | −£142k | −£108k |
| Profit (best available) | £750k | −£142k | −£108k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 47 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | −1% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.1% | 25.2% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £353k | £295k | — |
| Profit per employee | £22k | −£3k | — |
| Cash conversion | −184.4% | −855.8% | −13224% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.2% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £39.4k | £72.2k | £79.5k |
| Net assets | £971k | £579k | £849k |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.9m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −13224%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £849k
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £79.5k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Transit Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Transit Holdco Limited75–100%
- Transit Midco Limited75–100%
- Transit Bidco Limited75–100%
- DX (Group) Limited75–100%
- DX Services Limited75–100%
- DX Network Services Limited75–100%
- KNW Holdings Limited75–100%
- HBC Logistics Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Smart Logistics Manager LtdRev. £249k · Profit £51.6k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£108k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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