Merit Couriers Limited
Registered name: MERIT COURIERS LIMITED
Part of Merit Group Holdings Limited groupMerit Couriers Limited made a £17.3k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Merit Couriers Limited reported a loss of £17.3k in the year to 31 Aug 2023; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed carrier” and is based in Rochester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Rochester, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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: “During the period under review, the company was under the ultimate control of its parent company, Merit Group Holdings Limited. Their registered office is Merit House, Units 1-4 Whitewall Road, Medway”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£21.1k | −£17.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£21.1k | −£17.3k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£2.3k | −£2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £14.6k | £208 |
| Net assets | £10.5k | −£6.8k |
| Fixed assets | £125k | £0 |
| Current assets | £131k | £35.4k |
| Debtors | £85.9k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £8k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▼165%
- Now −£6.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £208
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merit Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Merit Couriers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Merit Office Installations LimitedRev. £11.5m · Profit £1.4m
- Merit Careers LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Merit Glazing Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit −£5.6k
- Merit Insulation Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Merit Professional Services LimitedRev. — · Profit −£48.3k
- Merit Spaces LimitedRev. — · Profit −£541k
- Vic UK Insulation LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Aug 2023 (profit −£17.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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