Dyce Carriers Limited
Registered name: DYCE CARRIERS LIMITED
Dyce Carriers Limited made £15.8m revenue and £810k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Dyce Carriers Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £810k profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £15m | £14.9m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £11.5m | £10.9m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.5m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £856k | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £781k | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £497k | £1m | £1m | £810k |
| Profit (best available) | £497k | £1m | £1m | £810k |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 96 | 91 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 7% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 23.3% | 27.1% | 27.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £156k | £164k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £10.9k | £11.1k | £8.8k |
| Cash conversion | −118.1% | −153.1% | −152.3% | −178.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▼0.6% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲110.4% | ▼3% | ▼20.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼5.2% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £6m | £6.9m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £6.7m | £8m | £9.2m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£2.2m | −£2.2m | −£2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −178.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 58.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £9.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £810k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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