Boluda Towage London Ltd.
Registered name: BOLUDA TOWAGE LONDON LTD.
Part of Boluda Towage UK Ltd. groupBoluda Towage London Ltd. made £14.7m revenue and a £138k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Boluda Towage London Ltd.’s revenue grew 23% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £138k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Stanford-Le-Hope; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stanford-Le-Hope, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.4m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2m | £314k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.6m | −£138k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.6m | −£138k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 45 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 13.2% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 30.1% | 23% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £267k | £263k |
| Profit per employee | — | £35.2k | −£2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲22.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼108.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.4% | ▲24.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £179k | £312k | £332k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.5m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3k | £2.3k | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £35.8m | £25.9m | £26m |
| Debtors | £938k | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £239k | £469k | £719k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £263k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £332k
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲53%
- Now £719k
- Fixed assets
- ▲185962%
- Now £4.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Boluda Towage UK Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- Boluda Towage London Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Boluda Towage SMS LimitedRev. £26m · Profit £760k
- Boluda Towage Caledonian LtdFigures not disclosed
- Boluda Towage Liverpool Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Boluda Towage SMS (Bristol Channel) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£138k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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