County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited
Registered name: COUNTY GARAGE (BARNSTAPLE) LIMITED
Part of Vospers of Plymouth Limited groupCounty Garage (Barnstaple) Limited made £26.5m revenue and a £190k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited’s revenue fell 34% to £26.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £190k and 40 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1965
- 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.
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) | £12.2m | £38.6m | £40m | £26.5m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £36.4m | £38.1m | −£25.5m |
| Gross profit | £782k | £2.2m | £1.9m | £976k |
| Operating profit | £112k | £688k | £558k | −£145k |
| Profit before tax | £90.1k | £610k | £494k | −£188k |
| Profit after tax | £63.6k | £2.1m | £352k | −£190k |
| Profit (best available) | £63.6k | £2.1m | £352k | −£190k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £2.3m | £2.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 72 | 66 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 5.5% | 0.9% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £338k | £536k | £606k | £663k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £29.5k | £5.3k | −£4.8k |
| Cash conversion | 422.1% | 46.8% | 87% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲217.4% | ▲3.6% | ▼33.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3239% | ▼83.4% | ▼154.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | ▼8.3% | ▼39.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £453k | £611k | £476k | — |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £4.7m | £4.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.5m | £2.4m | — |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £6m | £6.4m | — |
| Debtors | £102k | £194k | £245k | — |
| Cash from operations | £474k | £322k | £485k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £663k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- 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
- ▼39%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vospers of Plymouth Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- County Garage (Barnstaple) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Parkside (Barnstaple) LimitedRev. £18.7m · Profit £314k
Sister companies (3)
- Sidwell Street Motors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vospers Motor House LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vospers of Truro 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 −£190k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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