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Company No. SC214783 · Incorporated 16 Jan 2001

Courier Connections (Scotland) Limited

Registered name: COURIER CONNECTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

Part of Efs Global Holdings Ltd group

Courier Connections (Scotland) Limited made £9.7m revenue and £748k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Courier Connections (Scotland) Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £9.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £748k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed carrier” and is based in Motherwell; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 53202Unlicensed carrier
Status
Active
Location
Motherwell, Scotland
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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: “EFS Investments Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£9.7m
Growth ▲8%
Profit
£748k
Growth ▼20.2%
Profit margin
7.7%
Gross 27.7%
Employees
77
Change ▲6.9%
Profit / employee
£9.7k
Revenue/employee £126k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£9.1m£9m£9.7m
Cost of sales£6.5m£6.5m£7m
Gross profit£2.6m£2.5m£2.7m
Operating profit£1.2m£1.1m£781k
Profit before tax£1.2m£1m£693k
Profit after tax£938k£936k£748k
Profit (best available)£938k£936k£748k
Employees (average)707277
Ratios
Profit margin10.3%10.4%7.7%
Gross margin28.2%27.7%27.7%
Revenue per employee£130k£125k£126k
Profit per employee£13.4k£13k£9.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.2%▲8%
Profit growth—▼0.2%▼20.2%
Headcount growth—▲2.9%▲6.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£328k£95.2k£41.3k
Net assets£3.9m£4.7m£5.5m
Fixed assets£1.4m£1.2m£969k
Current assets£5.9m£7.8m£9.7m
Debtors£1.1m£1.2m£1.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
27.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£126k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£9.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
10%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12.5%
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
▲16%
Now £5.5m
Cash at bank
▼57%
Now £41.3k
Headcount
▲7%
Now 77
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼21%
Now £969k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Efs Global Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Efs Transport Ltd75–100%
  3. Efs Investments Limited75–100%
  4. Carolbank Holdings Limited75–100%
  5. Courier Connections (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 Mar 2025 (profit £748k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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