X-press Container Line (uk) Limited

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x-press container line (uk) limited Company Information

Company Number

02470077

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Directors

Timothy Hartnoll

Tristan Howitt

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Shareholders

x-press feeders ltd

Group Structure

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Industry

Other transportation support activities

Registered Address

ground floor, the quay, 30 channel way, southampton, SO14 3TG

Website

www.x-pressfeeders.com

x-press container line (uk) limited Estimated Valuation

£788m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of X-PRESS CONTAINER LINE (UK) LIMITED at £788m based on an EBITDA of £84.2m and a 9.36x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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X-press Container Line (uk) Limited is a live company located in southampton, SO14 3TG with a Companies House number of 02470077. It operates in the other transportation support activities sector, SIC Code 52290. Founded in February 1990, it's largest shareholder is x-press feeders ltd with a 100% stake. X-press Container Line (uk) Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £240.9m with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded X-Press Container Line (Uk) Limited a 5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 7 measures and has 5 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating5out of 5

7 Strong

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5 Weak

Size

annual sales of £240.9m, make it larger than the average company (£12.3m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 9%, show it is growing at a slower rate (12.3%)

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X-Press Container Line (Uk) Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £240.9 million and the company has net assets of £49.6 million. According to their latest financial statements, X-Press Container Line (Uk) Limited has 77 employees and maintains cash reserves of £3.6 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	240,894,460	296,377,408	269,426,774	188,333,725	217,934,716	247,502,431	285,830,438	243,856,648	172,164,517	153,580,806	120,324,621	116,773,636	114,208,296	92,832,251	87,878,059
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	170,590,555	211,299,328	215,029,258	156,800,809	190,320,711	227,303,453	257,207,685	233,330,179	167,316,058	155,658,072	112,247,937	107,898,982	108,556,844	87,910,790	81,521,535
Gross Profit	70,303,905	85,078,080	54,397,517	31,532,916	27,614,005	20,198,979	28,622,753	10,526,469	4,848,459	-2,077,266	8,076,684	8,874,654	5,651,452	4,921,461	6,356,524
Admin Expenses	19,524,234	20,377,001	15,158,532	13,639,570	12,484,871	13,310,327	12,083,472	12,905,920	7,787,122	7,739,088	5,844,415	4,681,579	6,030,146	3,830,466	3,488,828
Operating Profit	50,779,671	64,701,079	39,238,985	17,893,346	15,129,134	6,888,652	16,539,281	-2,379,451	-2,938,663	-9,816,354	2,232,269	4,193,075	-378,694	1,090,995	2,867,696
Interest Payable	3,313,500	4,687,807	627,883	489,521	432,707	816,152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest Receivable	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,509
Pre-Tax Profit	67,796,329	34,364,259	41,662,138	19,556,476	13,039,014	6,805,581	17,645,869	-2,372,772	-2,822,224	-9,553,577	2,514,163	4,375,351	-306,751	1,091,219	2,870,206
Tax	-45,735	-58,267	-87,100	-828,042	-856,508	-203,747	-1,024,513	-52,246	-25,975	-112,575	-45,169	-57,742	-51,245	-47,906	-37,900
Profit After Tax	67,750,594	34,305,992	41,575,038	18,728,434	12,182,506	6,601,834	16,621,356	-2,425,019	-2,848,199	-9,666,152	2,468,994	4,317,609	-357,996	1,043,313	2,832,306
Dividends Paid	0	0	1,128,486	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retained Profit	67,750,594	34,305,992	40,446,552	18,728,434	12,182,506	6,601,834	16,621,356	-2,425,019	-2,848,199	-9,666,152	2,468,994	4,317,609	-357,996	1,043,313	2,832,306
Employee Costs	11,922,603	11,647,761	9,581,162	7,240,344	6,490,317	5,741,185	4,992,956	5,069,857	3,028,960	3,462,696	1,981,082	2,373,704	2,230,420	1,739,825	1,401,490
Number Of Employees	77	77	74	70	59	62	64	55	47	36	25	32	24	20	23
EBITDA*	84,182,021	121,905,464	62,720,190	18,023,444	17,972,869	6,966,632	16,924,792	-2,020,839	-2,777,820	-9,730,464	2,257,876	4,214,809	-361,171	1,106,901	2,883,527

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	21,579,578	43,641,410	61,708,659	2,446,324	2,848,382	2,323,599	921,328	600,742	647,824	754,679	82,472	60,164	56,707	27,296	42,408
Intangible Assets	0	0	1,049,702	3,352,960	3,190,036	3,470,540	3,516,599	3,041,961	3,272,715	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments & Other	0	0	0	0	557,015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Fixed Assets	21,579,578	43,641,410	62,758,360	5,799,284	6,038,417	5,794,139	4,437,926	3,642,703	3,920,538	754,679	82,471	60,164	56,707	27,296	42,407
Stock & work in progress	3,672,330	5,101,390	4,981,504	4,669,424	4,381,254	4,305,647	6,584,926	4,492,889	2,922,825	2,818,195	2,735,459	3,298,366	2,557,876	1,981,787	1,741,494
Trade Debtors	9,785,130	13,150,200	11,087,759	10,553,500	14,230,516	15,985,910	31,885,137	26,838,798	20,054,029	18,235,869	11,164,806	15,170,583	14,370,880	11,031,780	12,607,654
Group Debtors	15,336,844	53,303,994	57,700,376	12,995,547	5,741,808	10,723,023	4,666,099	0	3,120,928	0	83,293	1,732,472	0	0	0
Misc Debtors	1,766,850	1,326,360	5,888,125	3,554,360	2,485,642	3,385,367	3,918,211	8,930,684	13,728,943	5,116,617	2,954,234	338,364	984,695	344,877	284,436
Cash	3,593,786	7,646,225	8,909,909	2,502,789	4,519,551	2,804,951	9,373,221	7,544,488	1,582,159	2,847,056	1,038,826	1,507,943	1,286,348	2,757,483	1,706,217
misc current assets	45,496,868	5,691,186	9	8	0	5,001,378	8,021,093	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total current assets	79,651,810	86,219,356	88,567,683	34,275,629	31,358,772	42,206,278	64,448,689	47,806,861	41,408,886	29,017,738	17,976,619	22,047,730	19,199,801	16,115,928	16,339,802
total assets	101,231,388	129,860,766	151,326,043	40,074,913	37,397,189	48,000,417	68,886,615	51,449,564	45,329,424	29,772,417	18,059,090	22,107,894	19,256,508	16,143,224	16,382,209
Bank overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank loan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	5,578,107	4,937,813	4,767,812	8,136,726	7,252,261	9,640,724	11,142,978	8,042,073	5,925,831	5,009,458	1,491,403	3,328,190	4,060,687	5,177,105	4,339,662
Group/Directors Accounts	1	1	1	2,908,388	19,356,796	42,234,122	57,184,002	66,242,161	58,153,979	0	0	0	1	0	0
other short term finances	41,804	43,137	36,789	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	17,665,559	46,161,228	47,221,703	28,640	0	0	22,055	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other current liabilities	19,786,482	26,929,614	23,885,278	15,246,812	15,648,131	14,547,838	25,538,821	17,539,524	19,299,179	60,002,742	38,421,477	41,794,272	42,410,690	37,703,252	40,839,418
total current liabilities	43,071,956	78,071,795	75,911,586	26,320,568	42,257,189	66,422,685	93,887,859	91,823,760	83,378,991	65,012,203	39,912,881	45,122,463	46,471,380	42,880,359	45,179,081
loans	16,746,797	76,230,247	40,578,365	75,786	0	0	0	37,094	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	8,155,741	37,968,077	20,090,682	37,893	0	0	0	18,547	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	191,914	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
provisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total long term liabilities	8,565,314	38,115,124	20,289,183	37,893	0	0	0	18,547	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total liabilities	51,637,270	116,186,919	96,200,769	26,358,461	42,257,189	66,422,685	93,887,859	91,842,307	83,378,991	65,012,203	39,912,881	45,122,463	46,471,380	42,880,359	45,179,081
net assets	49,562,464	13,673,127	55,125,275	13,716,452	-4,860,000	-18,422,268	-25,001,243	-40,392,743	-38,049,567	-35,239,786	-21,853,791	-23,014,569	-27,214,872	-26,737,135	-28,796,872
total shareholders funds	49,562,463	13,673,128	55,125,275	13,716,452	-4,859,999	-18,422,268	-25,001,242	-40,392,743	-38,049,567	-35,239,785	-21,853,790	-23,014,568	-27,214,872	-26,737,135	-28,796,871

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	50,779,671	64,701,079	39,238,985	17,893,346	15,129,134	6,888,652	16,539,281	-2,379,451	-2,938,663	-9,816,354	2,232,269	4,193,075	-378,694	1,090,995	2,867,696
Depreciation	33,402,350	57,204,385	23,481,205	130,098	85,817	77,980	174,250	171,974	145,234	85,889	25,607	21,734	17,523	15,906	15,831
Amortisation	0	0	0	0	2,757,918	0	211,261	186,638	15,609	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tax	-45,735	-58,267	-87,100	-828,042	-856,508	-203,747	-1,024,513	-52,246	-25,975	-112,575	-45,169	-57,742	-51,245	-47,906	-37,900
Stock	-1,429,060	119,886	312,080	288,170	75,607	-2,279,279	2,092,037	1,570,064	104,630	82,736	-562,907	740,490	576,089	240,293	1,741,494
Debtors	-40,891,729	-6,895,706	47,572,853	4,645,441	-7,636,335	-10,375,147	4,699,966	-1,134,418	13,551,414	9,150,153	-3,039,086	1,885,844	3,978,918	-1,515,432	12,892,089
Creditors	640,294	170,001	-3,368,914	884,465	-2,388,463	-1,502,254	3,100,905	2,116,242	916,373	3,518,055	-1,836,787	-732,498	-1,116,418	837,443	4,339,662
Accruals and Deferred Income	-7,143,132	3,044,336	8,638,466	-401,319	1,100,293	-10,990,983	7,999,297	-1,759,655	-40,703,563	21,581,265	-3,372,795	-616,418	4,707,438	-3,136,166	40,839,418
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cash flow from operations	119,954,237	131,837,354	20,017,709	12,744,937	23,388,919	6,924,074	20,208,478	-2,152,144	-56,247,029	6,023,391	605,118	181,817	-1,376,403	35,411	33,391,124
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-11,340,518	-38,087,435	-80,440,282	109,036	-3,088,013	-1,434,193	-1,180,734	-80,777	-3,326,702	-758,096	-47,915	-25,191	-46,934	-794	-58,239
Change in Investments	0	0	0	-557,015	557,015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
cash flow from investments	-11,340,518	-38,087,435	-80,440,282	666,051	-3,645,028	-1,434,193	-1,180,734	-80,777	-3,326,702	-758,096	-47,915	-25,191	-46,934	-794	-58,239
Financing Activities
Bank loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	-2,908,387	-16,448,408	-22,877,326	-14,949,880	-9,058,160	8,088,182	58,153,979	0	0	0	1	0	0
Other Short Term Loans	-1,333	6,348	36,789	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long term loans	-59,483,450	35,651,882	40,502,579	75,786	0	0	-37,094	37,094	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	-58,308,005	16,816,920	67,245,852	66,533	0	-22,055	3,508	18,547	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other long term liabilities	191,914	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
share issue	-31,861,258	-75,758,139	962,271	-151,983	1,379,763	-22,859	-1,229,855	81,843	38,417	-3,719,843	-1,308,216	-117,306	-119,741	1,016,423	-31,629,177
interest	-3,313,500	-4,687,807	-627,883	-489,521	-432,707	-816,152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,509
cash flow from financing	-152,775,632	-27,970,796	105,211,221	-16,947,593	-21,930,270	-15,810,946	-10,321,601	8,225,666	58,192,396	-3,719,843	-1,308,216	-117,306	-119,740	1,016,423	-31,626,668
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-4,052,439	-1,263,684	6,407,120	-2,016,762	1,714,600	-6,568,270	1,828,733	5,962,329	-1,264,897	1,808,230	-469,117	221,595	-1,471,135	1,051,266	1,706,217
overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
change in cash	-4,052,439	-1,263,684	6,407,120	-2,016,762	1,714,600	-6,568,270	1,828,733	5,962,329	-1,264,897	1,808,230	-469,117	221,595	-1,471,135	1,051,266	1,706,217

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X-PRESS CONTAINER LINE (UK) LIMITED group structure

X-Press Container Line (Uk) Limited has 1 subsidiary company.

Ultimate parent company

X-PRESS FEEDERS LTD

#0033820

1 parent

X-PRESS CONTAINER LINE (UK) LIMITED

02470077

1 subsidiary

HICO VENTURES LIMITED

13943684

X-PRESS CONTAINER LINE (UK) LIMITED Shareholders

x-press feeders ltd

100%

X-Press Container Line (Uk) Limited currently has 3 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Timothy Hartnoll (May 2000) and Mr Tristan Howitt (Sep 2012).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr Timothy Hartnoll	Singapore	69 years	May 2000	-	Director
Mr Tristan Howitt	United Kingdom	63 years	Sep 2012	-	Director
Mr Angus Parkinson	Germany	53 years	Oct 2019	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

240.9m

-19%

operating profit

50.8m

-22%

gross margin

29.2%

+1.67%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

49.6m

+2.62%

total assets

101.2m

-0.22%

cash

3.6m

-0.53%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

02470077

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

52290 - Other transportation support activities

incorporation date

February 1990

ultimate parent company

X-PRESS FEEDERS LTD

previous names

N/A

address

ground floor, the quay, 30 channel way, southampton, SO14 3TG

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