Neill & Brown (Shipping) Limited
Registered name: NEILL & BROWN (SHIPPING) LIMITED
Part of Neill & Brown Global Logistics Group Limited groupNeill & Brown (Shipping) Limited made £25.7m revenue and £132k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Neill & Brown (Shipping) Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £25.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £132k profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Hessle; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.6m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | £18.4m | £22.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £316k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £179k |
| Profit after tax | £765k | £132k |
| Profit (best available) | £765k | £132k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £327k | £402k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £2.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £201k | £169k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £402k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £169k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £3.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Neill & Brown Global Logistics Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Neill & Brown (Shipping) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Neill & Brown (Exports) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neill & Brown LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £132k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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