Company No. 00253240 · Incorporated 3 Jan 1931
National Car Parks Limited
Registered name: NATIONAL CAR PARKS LIMITED
Part of Oval (2041) Limited groupNational Car Parks Limited made £187m revenue and a £27.1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
National Car Parks Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £187m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with a loss of £27.1m and 750 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities incidental to land transportation,” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
Full profit & loss filedSIC 52219Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c.SIC 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Leeds
- Age
- 95 yrs · since 1931
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2023
Key figures
Revenue
£187m
Growth ▲7.8%
Profit
−£27.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−14.5%
Gross 16.8%
Employees
750
Change ▼3.5%
Profit / employee
−£36.1k
Revenue/employee £249k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
3 filed years
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2021 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £97.4m | £173m | £187m |
| Cost of sales | −£133m | −£121m | −£155m |
| Gross profit | −£35.2m | £51.6m | £31.3m |
| Operating profit | −£78m | −£8.4m | −£9.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£91.3m | −£22.5m | −£28.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£91.3m | −£22.5m | −£27.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£91.3m | −£22.5m | −£27.1m |
| Employees (average) | 832 | 777 | 750 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −93.8% | −13% | −14.5% |
| Gross margin | −36.2% | 29.8% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £223k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | −£110k | −£28.9k | −£36.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲77.7% | ▲7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
Derived from the latest filing
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£36.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue
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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 750
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Corporate ownership
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Oval (2041) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pihl (2003) Limited75–100%
- Primepanel Limited75–100%
- Trendcycle Limited75–100%
- Statusaward Limited75–100%
- Pointspec Limited75–100%
- National Car Parks Group Limited75–100%
- NCP Holdings Limited75–100%
- National Parking Corporation Limited75–100%
- NCP Holdco Limited75–100%
- National Car Parks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (20)
- Beardmore Properties LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Europarks LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Finsbury Square Car Park LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- George Watt LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Hanmead LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- John Matthews Properties LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- M.a.c. Car Parks (U.K.) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Motor Lodge Developments LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- National Car Park Maintenance LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- National Car Parks Manchester LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- NCP LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- NCP Nominees LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Park and Ride LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Parking Management (Investments) LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Parking Management LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Parking Security Services LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Regent Lion Properties LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Smalton Investments LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Stepbranch LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Townway Construction and Development LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit −£27.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026