Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Limited
Registered name: CAMBRIDGE GARAGE (PORTSMOUTH) LIMITED
Part of Waylands Automotive Limited groupCambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Limited made £34.3m revenue and £219k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £34.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £219k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1963
- 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 parent company is Cambridge Garage Motor Holdings Limited, a company incorporated and 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.6m | £39.6m | £33m | £34.3m |
| Cost of sales | £27.7m | £37.5m | −£30.4m | −£31.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £369k | £494k | £651k | £377k |
| Profit before tax | £324k | £450k | £623k | £333k |
| Profit after tax | £246k | £276k | £442k | £219k |
| Profit (best available) | £246k | £276k | £442k | £219k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 48 | 55 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 5.4% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £616k | £826k | £599k | £623k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £5.7k | £8k | £4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34% | ▼16.8% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲60.4% | ▼50.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲14.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £6.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £628k | £593k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £232k | £318k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £623k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- 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.
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
- 0%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Waylands Automotive Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cambridge Garage Motor Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £219k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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