Richardsons Limited
Registered name: RICHARDSONS LIMITED
Part of Richardsons (Holdings) Limited groupRichardsons Limited made £20.4m revenue and £91.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Richardsons Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £91.8k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in East Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 92 yrs · since 1933
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company is Richardsons (Holdings) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.6m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £15.6m | £19.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £955k | £989k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £157k | £190k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £124k | £123k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £93.1k | £91.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £93.1k | £91.8k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 40 | 39 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 5.8% | 4.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £426k | £536k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.4k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼2.5% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1m | £1.2m | £623k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Debtors | £160k | £113k | £270k | £732k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £111k | £84.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £536k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £623k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £84.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Richardsons (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Richardsons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Richardsons (Bridlington) 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 2025 (profit £91.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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