Strauss Logistics Limited
Private Limited Company · Takeley
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2005Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · Company accounts
Net assets
£4,834,000
Cash
£4,994,000
Turnover
£232,512,000
Profit / loss
£576,000
Current assets
£67,995,000
Creditors < 1 year
£63,164,000
Equity
£4,834,000
Average employees
3
Balance-sheet trend
Currency not tagged · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-3112 months · Company | 2023-12-3112 months · Company | 2022-12-31Company | 2021-12-31Company | 2020-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||||||
| Net assets | 4,834,000 | £4,258,614 | £3,567,187 | — | — | — |
| Equity | 4,834,000 | £4,258,614 | £3,567,187 | — | — | USD 2,145,765 |
| Retained earnings | 4,834,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Assets | ||||||
| Fixed assets | 3,000 | — | £3,384 | — | — | — |
| Property, plant & equipment | 3,000 | £6,067 | £71,305 | — | — | — |
| Current assets | 67,995,000 | £63,241,360 | £60,460,588 | — | — | — |
| Cash at bank | 4,994,000 | £12,850,684 | £1,212,321 | — | — | — |
| Debtors | 63,001,000 | £50,390,676 | £59,248,267 | — | — | — |
| Liabilities | ||||||
| Creditors within one year | 63,164,000 | £58,987,295 | £56,946,854 | — | — | — |
| Bank loans & overdrafts | 39,420,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net current assets | 4,831,000 | £4,254,065 | £3,513,734 | — | — | — |
| Assets less current liabilities | 4,834,000 | £4,260,132 | £3,585,039 | — | — | — |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Turnover | 232,512,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | 229,521,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gross profit | 2,991,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Distribution costs | 2,084,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Administrative expenses | 349,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating profit | 558,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest receivable | 277,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | 835,000 | £922,821 | £597,186 | — | — | — |
| Tax | 259,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit / loss | 576,000 | £691,427 | £453,952 | — | — | — |
| Operating costs | ||||||
| Depreciation | 2,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Audit fees | 13,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| People & pay | ||||||
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Staff costs | 406,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wages & salaries | 363,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Social security costs | 39,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pension costs | 4,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Directors' remuneration | 100,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Highest paid director | 100,000 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing | View filing | View filing | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- Smithfield Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Chancellor Investment Management Limited
- Ultimate controlling party
- The Vedani Trust
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-09-03, signed by Mrs K Pandya
Turnover by segment (2)
- Africa: 232,512 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Africa: 207,328 (000s) (2024-12-31)
Related parties (10)
- Strauss Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Owing to related party · (64) (000s)
- Strauss Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Owing to related party · (64) (000s)
- Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Owing from related party · 38,944 (000s)
- Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Owing from related party · 29,447 (000s)
- Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Sales to related party · 164,397 (000s)
- Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Sales to related party · 148,004 (000s)
- Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Purchases from related party · 809 (000s)
- Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · Company under significant influence of ultimate controlling party · Purchases from related party · 227 (000s)
- K Joshi · Beneficiary of ultimate controlling party · Owing from related party · 132 (000s)
- K Joshi · Beneficiary of ultimate controlling party · Owing from related party · 57 (000s)
Borrowings (1)
- Loans from group undertakings · 39,420 (000s) · interest free · repayable on demand · secured on not secured
Share classes (1)
- 140 Ordinary shares of £1 each
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesShow 1 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2008-06-09 · satisfied 2017-01-16
All monies
Satisfied