Portslade Garages Limited
Registered name: PORTSLADE GARAGES LIMITED
Part of Tates of Sussex Limited groupPortslade Garages Limited made £80.1m revenue and £448k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Portslade Garages Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £80.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £448k profit. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in East Sussex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Sussex
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1958
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £77.3m | £77.4m | £80.1m |
| Cost of sales | £71.9m | £72.3m | −£74.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.1m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £852k | £144k | £310k |
| Profit before tax | £852k | £123k | £274k |
| Profit after tax | £645k | £69.1k | £448k |
| Profit (best available) | £645k | £69.1k | £448k |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 147 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 7% | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £556k | £526k | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £470 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.3% | ▲548.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tates of Sussex Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tate Bros. Limited75–100%
- Portslade Garages Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Tates (Sussex) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tates of Portslade LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £448k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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