Inpost Distribution Limited
Registered name: INPOST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Inpost S.A. groupInpost Distribution Limited made £270m revenue and £18.8m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Inpost Distribution Limited’s revenue fell 69% to £270m in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £18.8m profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £210m | £882m | £270m |
| Cost of sales | −£135m | −£672m | −£171m |
| Gross profit | — | £210m | — |
| Operating profit | £13.6m | £13.6m | £36.3m |
| Profit before tax | £14.9m | £14.9m | £27.3m |
| Profit after tax | £11.8m | £12m | £18.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.8m | £12m | £18.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 1.4% | 7% |
| Gross margin | — | 23.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼69.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲56.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Inpost S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Inpost UK Limited75–100%
- Inpost Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Inpost Northern Ireland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inpost Response LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Menzies Parcels LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Judge Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M Holdco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £18.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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