Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limited
Registered name: LYNN STAR DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited groupLynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limited made £10.4m revenue and £366k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £366k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.4m | £6.4m | £9.1m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £5.3m | £7.5m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £998k | £485k | £461k | £575k |
| Profit before tax | £970k | £468k | £437k | £535k |
| Profit after tax | £787k | £370k | £306k | £366k |
| Profit (best available) | £787k | £370k | £306k | £366k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £1.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 52 | 50 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 5.8% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 17.6% | 17.7% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £160k | £123k | £182k | £192k |
| Profit per employee | £13.3k | £7.1k | £6.1k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £738k | £938k | — | — |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £975k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £192k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turners (Soham) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Turners (Soham) Limited75–100%
- Lynn Star Distribution & Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Logistic Planning Services LimitedRev. £36.6m · Profit £2.3m
- Dowse Haulage LimitedRev. £16m · Profit £2.7m
- Ocean Trailers LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit £19.8k
- Browns Chilled Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DRS Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldstar Transport Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jack Richards Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M & H Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Macintyre Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MKT Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R & R Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SPR Trailer Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Turners (Soham) Service Company 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 2025 (profit £366k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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