Arra Distribution Ltd
Registered name: ARRA DISTRIBUTION LTD
Arra Distribution Ltd made £19.6m revenue and £54.6k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Arra Distribution Ltd’s revenue grew 14% to £19.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £54.6k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Cross Hands; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cross Hands, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20m | £17.2m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.7m | £15.6m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £58.5k | −£91k | £272k |
| Profit before tax | −£116k | −£314k | £54.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£186k | −£314k | £54.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£186k | −£314k | £54.6k |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £4.4m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 120 | 101 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | −1.8% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.3% | 9.5% | 7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £144k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.4k | −£2.6k | £541 |
| Cash conversion | −457.5% | — | −95.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.8% | ▲13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.4% | ▼15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £55.3k | £74.6k |
| Net assets | −£480k | −£794k | −£740k |
| Fixed assets | £33.7k | £21.8k | £109k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£268k | −£122k | −£259k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £541
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −95.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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 −£740k
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £74.6k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲402%
- Now £109k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £54.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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