BCD Logistics Ltd
Registered name: BCD LOGISTICS LTD
BCD Logistics Ltd made £21.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
BCD Logistics Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £21.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.4m profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “freight rail transport” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21m | £19.7m | £20.2m | £21.6m |
| Cost of sales | £14.5m | £13.6m | £14.7m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.1m | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.9m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £858k | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 88 | 92 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 10.9% | 8.5% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.8% | 31.1% | 27% | 26.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £224k | £219k | £214k |
| Profit per employee | £23.8k | £24.4k | £18.6k | £13.5k |
| Cash conversion | −83.7% | −91.6% | −176.2% | −254% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲2.5% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0% | ▼20.2% | ▼20.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲4.5% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £409k | £216k | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £6.7m | £8.1m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4.6m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £7.8m | £8.7m | £8m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £255k | £405k | £329k | £347k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£2.6m | −£4.1m | −£4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £214k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −254%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £347k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £5m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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