Octopus Transport and Removals Ltd
Registered name: OCTOPUS TRANSPORT AND REMOVALS LTD
Octopus Transport and Removals Ltd made £436k revenue and £7.5k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Octopus Transport and Removals Ltd’s revenue grew 41% to £436k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £7.5k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “unlicensed carrier” and is based in Dagenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dagenham, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £275k | £270k | £310k | £436k |
| Cost of sales | £196k | £235k | £259k | £369k |
| Gross profit | £79.3k | £35.2k | £50.3k | £67.3k |
| Operating profit | £912 | £3.8k | £4.2k | £9.4k |
| Profit before tax | £912 | £3.8k | £4.2k | £9.4k |
| Profit after tax | £739 | £3.1k | £3.4k | £7.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £739 | £3.1k | £3.4k | £7.5k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 13% | 16.3% | 15.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £135k | £155k | £436k |
| Profit per employee | £370 | £1.5k | £1.7k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2% | ▲14.8% | ▲40.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲313.3% | ▲11.8% | ▲119.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2k | £87 | £450 | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £200 | £3.9k | £3.5k | £7.6k |
| Fixed assets | £20.6k | £16.1k | £15.2k | £15.2k |
| Current assets | £2k | £87 | £450 | £2.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £436k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲116%
- Now £7.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲365%
- Now £2.1k
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £15.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £7.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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