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Company No. SC062686 · Incorporated 11 Jul 1977

Currie European Transport Limited

Registered name: CURRIE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT LIMITED

Part of Project Abbie Limited group

Currie European Transport Limited made £31.4m revenue and £67.3k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2023. read from filing text

Currie European Transport Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £31.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2023, with £67.3k profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Scotland
Age
49 yrs · since 1977
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2023

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industry
Revenue
£31.4m
Growth ▼8.8%
Profit
£67.3k
Growth ▼73.4%
Profit margin
0.2%
Gross 15.7%
Employees
202
Change ▼8.2%
Profit / employee
£333
Revenue/employee £155k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202230 Jun 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£34.4m£31.4m
Cost of sales£29.4m£26.5m
Gross profit£5m£4.9m
Operating profit£565k£363k
Profit before tax£253k£67.3k
Profit after tax£253k£67.3k
Profit (best available)£253k£67.3k
Staff costs£6.8m£7.2m
Employees (average)220202
Ratios
Profit margin0.7%0.2%
Gross margin14.4%15.7%
Revenue per employee£156k£155k
Profit per employee£1.1k£333
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8.8%
Profit growth—▼73.4%
Headcount growth—▼8.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£205k£181k
Net assets−£1.6m−£1.6m
Fixed assets£1.5m£898k
Current assets£11.6m£10.6m
Debtors£5.4m£4.6m
Deferred income£1.8m£966k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
15.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£155k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£333
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
14.6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 −£1.6m
Cash at bank
▼12%
Now £181k
Headcount
▼8%
Now 202
Deferred income
▼45%
Now £966k
Fixed assets
▼40%
Now £898k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Project Abbie Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Currie International Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Currie European Transport Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2023 (profit £67.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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