Great Bear Distribution Limited
Registered name: GREAT BEAR DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of TM Corporate Holdings UK Limited groupGreat Bear Distribution Limited made £525m revenue and a £11.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Great Bear Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £525m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £11.7m and 4,196 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £525m | £513m | £525m |
| Cost of sales | −£391m | −£384m | −£406m |
| Gross profit | £134m | £130m | £119m |
| Operating profit | £55m | £41m | £12.3m |
| Profit before tax | £29.9m | £15.3m | −£13.2m |
| Profit after tax | £23.8m | £11m | −£11.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £23.8m | £11m | −£11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 4,412 | 4,310 | 4,196 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 2.1% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 25.3% | 22.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £119k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £2.5k | −£2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.9% | ▼206.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.8k
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now 4,196
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TM Corporate Holdings UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Culina Group Limited75–100%
- Great Bear Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- CML F & L [Telford] LtdFigures not disclosed
- Culina Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Culina Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Foodpack LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Fowler Welch LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Great Bear Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Greenwhitestar Acquisitions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Integrated Packing Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- International Road Ferry LtdFigures not disclosed
- Warrens Warehousing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£11.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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