Trident Garages Limited
Registered name: TRIDENT GARAGES LIMITED
Trident Garages Limited made £22.2m revenue and £245k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Trident Garages Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £22.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £245k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Chertsey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chertsey, London
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.5m | £28.1m | £26.5m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £24m | £24.5m | £23m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £779k | £519k | £169k | £315k |
| Profit before tax | £772k | £512k | £174k | £337k |
| Profit after tax | £609k | £405k | £121k | £245k |
| Profit (best available) | £609k | £405k | £121k | £245k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 62 | 61 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 12.9% | 13.1% | 16% |
| Revenue per employee | £424k | £454k | £434k | £358k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | £6.5k | £2k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | 10.4% | 125% | 331.5% | 186.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▼5.9% | ▼16.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.5% | ▼70% | ▲101.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▼1.6% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £36.8k | £81.3k | £423k | £877k |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £7.5m | £7.5m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.9m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £89.3k | £95k | £83.4k | £117k |
| Cash from operations | £81.2k | £649k | £561k | £588k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £358k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 186.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- 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 £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲107%
- Now £877k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £117k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £245k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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