Surefreight (International) Limited
Registered name: SUREFREIGHT (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
Surefreight (International) Limited made £20.2m revenue and £616k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Surefreight (International) Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £20.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £616k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Bradford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.6m | £18.9m | £16.7m | £20.2m |
| Cost of sales | £28m | £15.1m | £13.1m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.5m | £981k | £891k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.5m | £973k | £867k |
| Profit after tax | £895k | £1.2m | £765k | £616k |
| Profit (best available) | £895k | £1.2m | £765k | £616k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 82 | 79 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 6.2% | 4.6% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 20.1% | 21.6% | 21.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £384k | £230k | £212k | £262k |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £14.2k | £9.7k | £8k |
| Cash conversion | −118.9% | −173.9% | −29% | −197.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼42% | ▼11.5% | ▲20.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.5% | ▼34.5% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼3.7% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £3.6m | £2.6m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.1m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.1m | £6m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £4m | £2.3m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £224k | £302k | £219k | £217k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£2.5m | −£284k | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £262k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −197.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲40%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £217k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £616k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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