Goldstar Transport Limited
Registered name: GOLDSTAR TRANSPORT LIMITED
Part of Turners (Soham) Holdings Limited groupGoldstar Transport Limited made £99.5m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 3 Jan 2026.
Goldstar Transport Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £99.5m in the year to 3 Jan 2026, with £3.3m profit and 688 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Felixstowe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Felixstowe
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 3 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £107m | £96.7m | £99.5m |
| Cost of sales | £82.4m | £76.3m | £81.5m |
| Gross profit | £24.4m | £20.4m | £18m |
| Operating profit | £9.2m | £6.6m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £8.8m | £6.3m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £6.7m | £4.7m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.7m | £4.7m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 722 | 730 | 688 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 4.9% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 21.1% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £132k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £6.4k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.3% | ▼29.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼5.8% |
| 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
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 688
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Turners (Soham) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Turners (Soham) Limited75–100%
- Goldstar Transport Holdings Limited75–100%
- Goldstar Transport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 3 Jan 2026 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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