Metro Shipping Limited
Active01487078Transport & storageIncorporated 24 Mar 1980 · Birmingham
Global logistical services
Revenue
£169.7m
▲ +3.8% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£15.6m
Margin 10.0%
Employees
189
▼ -2.6% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£92.6m
Total assets £110.8m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
6 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Apr 2019Not available
Jun 2020
£146.5m
Dec 2021
£235.5m
Dec 2022Not available
Dec 2023
£163.5m
Dec 2024
£169.7m▲ +3.8%
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £169.7m | ▲ +3.8% | £20.9m | 189 | £92.6m |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £163.5m | — | £28.7m | 194 | £77.0m |
| 31 Dec 2022 | — | — | £37.1m | 201 | £75.1m |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £235.5m | — | £25.4m | 170 | £44.9m |
| 30 Jun 2020 | £146.5m | — | £15.5m | 144 | £24.4m |
| 1 Apr 2019 | — | — | — | — | £17.9m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2024. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £169.7m
- Gross profit
- £33.1m
- Operating profit
- £16.9m
- Profit before tax
- £20.9m
- Profit after tax
- £15.6m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £110.8m
- Cash
- £85.3m
- Total liabilities
- £18.2m
- Net assets
- £92.6m
- Revenue per employee
- £898k
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