Streamline Shipping Agencies Limited
Registered name: STREAMLINE SHIPPING AGENCIES LIMITED
Part of Streamline Shipping Group Limited groupStreamline Shipping Agencies Limited made £42.4m revenue and £731k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Streamline Shipping Agencies Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £42.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £731k profit and 236 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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. From the filing: “Streamline Shipping Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.1m | £36.9m | £41.2m | £42.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.2m | −£27.4m | £30.3m | £31.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £9.5m | £10.9m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £344k | £540k | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £262k | £445k | £1.3m | £993k |
| Profit after tax | £196k | £275k | £915k | £731k |
| Profit (best available) | £196k | £275k | £915k | £731k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £10.1m | £11.5m | £12.1m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 228 | 245 | 236 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 25.8% | 26.5% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £221k | £162k | £168k | £180k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £1.2k | £3.7k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲66.8% | ▲11.8% | ▲2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.2% | ▲232.4% | ▼20.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲128% | ▲7.5% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £98.9k | £68.4k | £1.4m | £139k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £5.2m | £5.8m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £8.4m | £10.1m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £6.3m | £6.4m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £467k | £136k | £890k | £89.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £180k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £139k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 236
- Deferred income
- ▼90%
- Now £89.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £4.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Streamline Shipping Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Streamline Shipping Agencies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- North East Stevedoring Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northern Isles Freightways LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orkney Line LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prasinus Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit −£136k
- Shetland Line 1984 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Streamline Freight LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £731k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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