Supreme Freight Services Limited
Registered name: SUPREME FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
Supreme Freight Services Limited made £87.6m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Supreme Freight Services Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £87.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.2m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £147m | £80.3m | £74.5m | £87.6m |
| Cost of sales | £141m | £73.8m | £68m | £80.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £868k | £927k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £868k | £927k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 69 | 72 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 3.7% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 8.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.3m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | £12.6k | £12.9k | £14.6k |
| Cash conversion | −253.1% | −223.5% | −76.4% | −161.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼45.3% | ▼7.3% | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.9% | ▲6.8% | ▲25.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲4.3% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £18.5m | £9.1m | £13.1m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £9.7m | £6m | £7.2m | £7m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £1.3m | £647k | £685k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.6m | −£2.7m | −£945k | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −161.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £685k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £2.3m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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