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Company No. 00414098 · Incorporated 2 Jul 1946

Dick Lovett Limited

Registered name: DICK LOVETT LIMITED

Part of Dick Lovett Companies Limited group

Dick Lovett Limited made £272m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Dick Lovett Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £272m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.1m profit and 230 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 45111Sale of new cars and light motor vehiclesSIC 45112Sale of used cars and light motor vehiclesSIC 45200Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Status
Active
Location
Swindon, South West
Age
80 yrs · since 1946
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 company's parent undertaking is Dick Lovett Automobile Limited and the ultimate parent undertaking is Dick Lovett Companies Limited whose registered office is The Copse, Frankland Road, Swindon, W”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£272m
Growth ▼3%
Profit
£4.1m
Growth ▼7.2%
Profit margin
1.5%
Gross 8.2%
Employees
230
Change ▲3.6%
Profit / employee
£17.7k
Revenue/employee £1.2m
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£256m£320m£280m£272m
Cost of sales£228m£289m£257m£249m
Gross profit£28.3m£31m£22.7m£22.1m
Operating profit£16m£16.5m£6.7m£5.8m
Profit before tax£15.9m£16.3m£5.9m£5.1m
Profit after tax£12.9m£12.4m£4.4m£4.1m
Profit (best available)£12.9m£12.4m£4.4m£4.1m
Staff costs£7.7m£8.9m£9.8m£10.8m
Employees (average)186204222230
Ratios
Profit margin5%3.9%1.6%1.5%
Gross margin11%9.7%8.1%8.2%
Revenue per employee£1.4m£1.6m£1.3m£1.2m
Profit per employee£69.1k£61k£19.8k£17.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲25%▼12.4%▼3%
Profit growth—▼3.3%▼64.7%▼7.2%
Headcount growth—▲9.7%▲8.8%▲3.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£16.8m£11.5m£7m£5m
Net assets£28.4m£28.8m£23.2m£25.3m
Fixed assets£1m£2m£4.6m£6.6m
Current assets£50.6m£57.7m£51.4m£50m
Debtors£5.5m£4.3m£4m£3.5m
Deferred income£1.4m£1.4m£1.1m£948k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
8.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.2m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£17.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.4%
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
1.3%
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
▲9%
Now £25.3m
Cash at bank
▼30%
Now £5m
Headcount
▲4%
Now 230
Deferred income
▼16%
Now £948k
Fixed assets
▲42%
Now £6.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Dick Lovett Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Dick Lovett Automobile Limited75–100%
  3. Dick Lovett Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (11)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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