Woodland Global Ltd
Registered name: WOODLAND GLOBAL LTD
Part of Woodland Group Holdings Limited groupWoodland Global Ltd made £108m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Woodland Global Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £108m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.8m profit and 353 employees. The company is classified under “freight rail transport” and is based in Maldon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maldon, East of England
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £163m | £95.7m | £108m |
| Cost of sales | £134m | £72.4m | −£84m |
| Gross profit | £29m | £23.3m | £24.4m |
| Operating profit | £9m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £8.6m | £1.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £6.9m | £686k | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.9m | £686k | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £11.9m | £12.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 325 | 363 | 353 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 24.4% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £501k | £264k | £307k |
| Profit per employee | £21.4k | £1.9k | £7.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼41.1% | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.1% | ▲307.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £4m | — |
| Net assets | £17.1m | £17.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £20.4m | £18m | — |
| Current assets | £36.2m | £30.8m | — |
| Debtors | £18.8m | £11.8m | — |
| Deferred income | £4.1m | £3.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £307k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.9k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 353
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Woodland Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Woodland Group Limited75–100%
- Woodland Global Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Woodland Logistics LtdRev. £27.1m · Profit £363k
- International Food Link LimitedRev. £13.3m · Profit £248k
- Woodland Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Freight Filter LtdRev. £264k · Profit £34.4k
- D.M.G. Freight Services LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Haulable LimitedRev. — · Profit £31.6k
- Intelclear LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Millon International Freight LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woodland Risk Services 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 2024 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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