MTL Express Ltd
Registered name: MTL EXPRESS LTD
MTL Express Ltd made £1m revenue and £11.4k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
MTL Express Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £11.4k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed carrier” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £277k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Gross profit | £277k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | £28.6k | £45.2k | £14k |
| Profit before tax | £28.6k | £45.2k | £14k |
| Profit after tax | £22.6k | £36.6k | £11.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.6k | £36.6k | £11.4k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 3.4% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.4k | £274k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £9.2k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲295.4% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲62% | ▼69% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £47.1k | £49.9k | £50.6k |
| Net assets | £22.6k | £36.6k | £48k |
| Fixed assets | £36.6k | £108k | £139k |
| Current assets | £47.1k | £71.5k | £97.2k |
| Debtors | — | £21.6k | £46.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £48k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £50.6k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £139k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £11.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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