Turners (Soham) Limited
Registered name: TURNERS (SOHAM) LIMITED
Part of Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited groupTurners (Soham) Limited made £640m revenue and £53.6m profit in the year to 3 Jan 2026.
Turners (Soham) Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £640m in the year to 3 Jan 2026, with £53.6m profit and 4,872 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 3 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £556m | £592m | £640m |
| Cost of sales | £422m | £454m | £507m |
| Gross profit | £134m | £138m | £132m |
| Operating profit | £63.2m | £63.6m | £66.5m |
| Profit before tax | £69.8m | £71.5m | £75m |
| Profit after tax | £51.1m | £51.4m | £53.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £51.1m | £51.4m | £53.6m |
| Employees (average) | 4,471 | 4,981 | 4,872 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.2% | 8.7% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 24.1% | 23.3% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £119k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £10.3k | £11k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▲4.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 4,872
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turners (Soham) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Turners (Soham) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (14)
- Logistic Planning Services LimitedRev. £36.6m · Profit £2.3m
- Dowse Haulage LimitedRev. £16m · Profit £2.7m
- Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics LimitedRev. £6.4m · Profit £370k
- Ocean Trailers LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit £19.8k
- Browns Chilled Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DRS Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldstar Transport Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jack Richards Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M & H Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Macintyre Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MKT Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R & R Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SPR Trailer Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Turners (Soham) Service Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Browns (Holdings) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Turners Parks Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 3 Jan 2026 (profit £53.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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