Friday 22 May
Financial pulse
Revenue · GP · working capital. The shape of the year so far.
Revenue YTD
£3.4m
+16.2% YoY
Revenue · this month
£720k
vs £700k prior month
GP composite
19.2%
+0.5 pts YoY
Working capital cycle
32d
-4 days vs prior Q
Top-3 concentration
34%
Healthy spread · target <40%
At-risk revenue
£1.3m
Tideline SS27 capacity
Revenue · last 12 months
£3.4m YTD · +16.2% YoY
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Peak season Nov/Dec carried the year. Spring cycle running 16% ahead of last year — three new brands onboarded ahead of November, with the next two queued for September.
Top customers · YTD
8 of 24 accounts
- Anchor
Aurora Wellness
14%
£588k
GP 21.4%
- Anchor
Marker Beverages
11%
£462k
GP 19.8%
- Healthy
Trove Botanicals
9%
£378k
GP 20.1%
- Healthy
Tideline Apparel
8%
£336k
GP 18.6%
- Healthy
Hatch & Loft
7%
£294k
GP 17.4%
- Watch
Drift Coffee
5%
£210k
GP 16.2%
- Healthy
Atlas Pet Foods
4%
£168k
GP 15.8%
- Healthy
Shore Books
4%
£168k
GP 19.1%
Segment mix · YTD
Beauty + supplements
28%
GP 20.8%
Drinks
18%
GP 18.4%
Homewares
16%
GP 17.6%
Apparel
14%
GP 18.2%
Pet + food
12%
GP 16.4%
Publishing + other
12%
GP 19.2%
Life sciences carrying the GP mix at 17.8% — protect that lane through the renewal cycle.
Commentary · this period
Revenue +16.2% YoY YTD. Peak season uplift held at +24% vs 2024 peak — onboarded three new brands ahead of November.
GP composite +0.5 pts YoY. Beauty + supplements lane carrying the GP mix at 20.8%; protecting that sector through onboarding decisions.
Working capital cycle down 4 days vs last quarter — DSO improvement on the move from monthly to weekly billing for subscription clients.
Top-3 customer concentration at 34%. Healthy spread vs sector — sub-40% is the operator target for an SME-3PL of this scale.
Risk surface · top 3
Drift Coffee · GP slipping
GP% down 1.4 pts YoY on subscription-bundle picking. Mix-shift to the new pack spec should recover 0.6 pts by Q3.
Aurora Wellness · capsule reconfig risk
New SKU bundle picking sequence has flagged five QA exceptions in week one. Two QA shifts added Monday; expect to be clean by Friday.
Tideline Apparel · SS27 capacity
SS27 launch volumes 2.4x last year. Pick floor capacity already at 78% — wave rebalance booked, two pickers start Monday.