Chorley-based fulfilmentcrowd, a tech-driven fulfilment provider for omnichannel brands, has announced record-breaking growth and continued global expansion following investment this summer from Palatine.
For the financial year ending 31st March 2025, revenue at the Lancashire firm surpassed 拢20 million for the first time, with a 27% increase in transaction volumes across all territories.
The company reported a 拢3.1m EBITDA, nearly doubling the previous year鈥檚 performance, as well as a significant uplift in international revenues, which now account for over 29% of total group revenue.
The UK remains the principal trading entity 鈥� revenue here rose to 拢14.2m 鈥� while European operations surged by 42%, reaching 拢4.7m in revenue, and US revenue nearly tripled to 拢1.1m.
New centres opened in Dublin (Ireland) and Sydney (Australia) expanded its global footprint to more than 1.5m sq ft.
In May 2025, the business secured a major growth investment from Palatine, the UK mid-market private equity firm.聽
The partnership between the two companies is set to support expansion across the UK, Europe, the US and Australia, while enabling strategic M&A opportunities to enhance global capability.
鈥淭his year has been transformational,鈥� said Lee Thompson, CEO at fulfilmentcrowd. 鈥淲e鈥檝e proven the strength of our model, the resilience of our team and the global demand for our services.聽
鈥淲ith Palatine鈥檚 backing, we鈥檙e poised to scale faster, innovate further and deliver even greater value to our customers worldwide.鈥�
CFO Jon Davies added: 鈥淎 commercially focused approach, alongside efficiencies driven by our proprietary technology system, has supported margin improvement performance in the year across the group.聽
鈥淭he board is confident that the actions taken in the year and the recent investment received have set the business up to execute its growth plan for the forthcoming year, and trading in the early part of FY26 is outperforming budget.鈥�
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