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Company No. 00700833 · Incorporated 15 Aug 1961

Drift Bridge Garage Limited

Registered name: DRIFT BRIDGE GARAGE LIMITED

Part of Drift Bridge Group Holdings Limited group

Drift Bridge Garage Limited made £125m revenue and £132k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Drift Bridge Garage Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £125m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £132k profit and 246 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Epsom; we hold 3 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 vehicles
Status
Active
Location
Epsom, London
Age
65 yrs · since 1961
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£125m
Growth ▼19.2%
Profit
£132k
Growth ▲427.4%
Profit margin
0.1%
Gross 4.3%
Employees
246
Change ▼7.2%
Profit / employee
£539
Revenue/employee £507k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£176m£154m£125m
Cost of sales£166m£148m−£119m
Gross profit£9.5m£6.5m£5.3m
Operating profit£3.6m£883k£852k
Profit before tax£2.7m£49.4k£155k
Profit after tax£2m£25.1k£132k
Profit (best available)£2m£25.1k£132k
Staff costs£12.2m£11.9m—
Employees (average)263265246
Ratios
Profit margin1.2%0%0.1%
Gross margin5.4%4.2%4.3%
Revenue per employee£668k£582k£507k
Profit per employee£7.7k£95£539
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼12.2%▼19.2%
Profit growth—▼98.8%▲427.4%
Headcount growth—▲0.8%▼7.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.4m£2.4m—
Net assets£9.2m£8.3m—
Fixed assets£1.8m£1.6m—
Current assets£34.9m£26.1m—
Debtors£960k£453k—
Deferred income£1m£1.2m—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
4.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£507k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£539
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
▼7%
Now 246
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Drift Bridge Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Drift Bridge Garage Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £132k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026

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