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Company No. 04089198 · Incorporated 12 Oct 2000

United Pallet Network (UK) Limited

Registered name: UNITED PALLET NETWORK (UK) LIMITED

Part of March (Holdings) Limited group

United Pallet Network (UK) Limited made £15.9m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

United Pallet Network (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £15.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3m profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Leicester, East Midlands
Age
26 yrs · since 2000
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageBoring industry
Revenue
£15.9m
Growth ▲18.2%
Profit
£3m
Growth ▲44.9%
Profit margin
18.8%
Gross 75.3%
Employees
112
Change ▲4.7%
Profit / employee
£26.8k
Revenue/employee £142k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.7m£14.1m£13.5m£15.9m
Cost of sales£3.5m£3.5m£3.6m£3.9m
Gross profit£10.2m£10.6m£9.9m£12m
Operating profit£4.8m£5m£2.7m£4m
Profit before tax£4.8m£5m£2.8m£4.1m
Profit after tax£3.9m£4m£2.1m£3m
Profit (best available)£3.9m£4m£2.1m£3m
Staff costs£4.9m£4.7m£5.6m£6.6m
Employees (average)107108107112
Ratios
Profit margin28.4%28.5%15.4%18.8%
Gross margin74.5%75.3%73%75.3%
Revenue per employee£128k£131k£126k£142k
Profit per employee£36.3k£37.3k£19.4k£26.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲3.3%▼4.4%▲18.2%
Profit growth—▲3.8%▼48.5%▲44.9%
Headcount growth—▲0.9%▼0.9%▲4.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.8m£2.8m£2.9m£4.1m
Net assets£4.4m£4.4m£4m£5.1m
Fixed assets£902k£643k£439k£527k
Current assets£7.8m£7.4m£7.3m£9.2m
Debtors£3.3m£3.4m£3.1m£4.2m
Deferred income£1.7m£1m£950k£1.3m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
18.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
75.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£142k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£26.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
26.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲27%
Now £5.1m
Cash at bank
▲45%
Now £4.1m
Headcount
▲5%
Now 112
Deferred income
▲39%
Now £1.3m
Fixed assets
▲20%
Now £527k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. March (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. United Pallet Network (UK) 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).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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