Woody's Express Parcels Limited
Registered name: WOODY'S EXPRESS PARCELS LIMITED
Woody's Express Parcels Limited made £11.7m revenue and £778k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Woody's Express Parcels Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £778k profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Isle of Lewis; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Isle of Lewis, Scotland
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.6m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £461k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £437k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £342k | £778k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £342k | £778k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.4m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 75 | 99 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.6% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £87.3k | £99.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £3.5k | £6.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −209.6% | −114.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲35.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲127.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲32% | ▲18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4m | £4.3m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £720k | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.9m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £662k | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£967k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −114.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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 £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £2.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £778k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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