Unique Forwarding Investment Group Ltd
Registered name: UNIQUE FORWARDING INVESTMENT GROUP LTD
Part of Unique Forwarding Group Ltd groupUnique Forwarding Investment Group Ltd made £443k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Unique Forwarding Investment Group Ltd reported £443k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, down 13% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 3 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Chelmsford, Essex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, Essex, East of England
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent company is Unique Forwarding Group Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales. This is the smallest and largest set of group accounts in which the results of the c”
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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £231k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £242k | £508k | £443k |
| Profit after tax | £424k | £508k | £443k |
| Profit (best available) | £424k | £508k | £443k |
| Staff costs | £0 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £106k | £127k | £148k |
| Cash conversion | −327.5% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.8% | ▼12.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £144 | £144 | £144 |
| Fixed assets | £94.9k | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£756k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
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
- £148k
- 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
- 0%
- Now £144
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Unique Forwarding Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Unique Forwarding Investment Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Unique Forwarding LimitedRev. £33.2m · Profit £1.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £443k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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