Strategic Shipping Company Limited
Registered name: STRATEGIC SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED
Strategic Shipping Company Limited made £10.6m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Strategic Shipping Company Limited’s revenue was £10.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.4m profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 46 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 22.4% |
| Gross margin | 67.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k |
| Profit per employee | £51.6k |
| Cash conversion | 70.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £375k |
| Current assets | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £774k |
| Cash from operations | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £231k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 70.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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 £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £774k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £375k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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