Overseas Courier Service (London) Limited
Registered name: OVERSEAS COURIER SERVICE (LONDON) LIMITED
Part of Ocs Worldwide Limited groupOverseas Courier Service (London) Limited made £40.4m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Overseas Courier Service (London) Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £40.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Colnbrook; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colnbrook
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.9m | £35.4m | £40.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.9m | −£26.1m | −£30.1m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £9.2m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £2.5m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 74 | 67 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.3% | 26.1% | 25.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £443k | £478k | £603k |
| Profit per employee | £34.8k | £25.3k | £38.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▲14.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.2% | ▲36% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £603k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.1k
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ocs Worldwide Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Overseas Courier Service (London) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- General Express LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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