Zodiac Maritime Limited
Registered name: ZODIAC MARITIME LIMITED
Zodiac Maritime Limited made £55.8m revenue and £723k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zodiac Maritime Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £55.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £723k profit and 300 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £45.5m | £50m | £55.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.5m | −£8.4m | −£8.2m |
| Gross profit | £39m | £41.6m | £47.6m |
| Operating profit | £755k | £1.9m | £720k |
| Profit before tax | £836k | £1.9m | £735k |
| Profit after tax | £822k | £1.9m | £723k |
| Profit (best available) | £822k | £1.9m | £723k |
| Employees (average) | 271 | 294 | 300 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3.9% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 85.6% | 83.2% | 85.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £168k | £170k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £6.6k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲135.3% | ▼62.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- 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 300
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Albany Bunkers Supply LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zodiac Maritime Agencies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zodiac Tankers LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £723k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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