Silva Brothers Logistics Ltd
Registered name: SILVA BROTHERS LOGISTICS LTD
Silva Brothers Logistics Ltd made £60.3m revenue and £682k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Silva Brothers Logistics Ltd’s revenue grew 32% to £60.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £682k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £36m | £45.5m | £60.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £31.3m | £36.9m | £48.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.7m | £8.6m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.7m | £1.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.4m | £948k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.3m | £699k | £682k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.3m | £699k | £682k |
| Staff costs | — | £514k | £742k | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 15 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.4% | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 13.1% | 18.9% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3m | £3m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | £192k | £46.6k | £13.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −34.3% | −229.2% | −250.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲26.4% | ▲32.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼69.7% | ▼2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲25% | ▲233.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £230k | £615k | £2.8m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £592k | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £3m | £9.5m | £18.4m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £7.6m | £10.7m | £17.8m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.1m | £3m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £348k | £261k | £32.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£938k | −£2.7m | −£5.3m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −250.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲110%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- ▲233%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▼88%
- Now £32.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲94%
- Now £18.4m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £682k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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