Eagle Couriers (Scotland) Limited
Registered name: EAGLE COURIERS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Part of Eagle Couriers (Holdings) Limited groupEagle Couriers (Scotland) Limited made £6.8m revenue and £772k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Eagle Couriers (Scotland) Limited’s revenue fell 32% to £6.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £772k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “licensed carriers” and is based in Bathgate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bathgate, Scotland
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is Eagle Couriers (Holdings) Limited which owns 100% of the issued share capital, and its registered office is 2 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, B”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.9m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.4m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.2m | £881k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.3m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.4m | £1.7m | £772k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.4m | £1.7m | £772k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 62 | 53 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 17% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.9% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £187k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | — | £22.9k | £31.9k | £15.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −147.1% | −261.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼32% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲19.2% | ▼54.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.9% | ▼14.5% | ▼5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.7m | £5.3m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.6m | £7.3m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £216k | £449k | £340k | £261k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6.2m | £7.6m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£3.2m | −£2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −261.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £261k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eagle Couriers (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eagle Couriers (Scotland) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £772k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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