Pye Motors,limited
Registered name: PYE MOTORS,LIMITED
Pye Motors,limited made £42m revenue and £408k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Pye Motors,limited’s revenue fell 8% to £42m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £408k profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 101 yrs · since 1925
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.3m | £45.8m | £42m |
| Cost of sales | £31.4m | £42.8m | £39.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £801k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £968k | £562k |
| Profit after tax | £892k | £725k | £408k |
| Profit (best available) | £892k | £725k | £408k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 120 | 124 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 6.5% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £298k | £382k | £339k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £6k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.5% | ▼8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.8% | ▼43.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £155k | £3.3k |
| Net assets | £6m | £6.5m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £8.5m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £14.6m | £13.2m | £16.9m |
| Debtors | £631k | £553k | £729k |
| Deferred income | £418k | £527k | £231k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £339k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲10%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £3.3k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £231k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £8.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Orlrick LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £408k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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