Horizon Motor Company Limited
Registered name: HORIZON MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Horizon Motor Company Limited made £39.1m revenue and £30k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Horizon Motor Company Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £39.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £30k profit. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Dorset; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorset, South West
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1971
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.1m | £41.4m | £39.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£36.1m | −£39m | −£36.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £508k | £34.8k | £107k |
| Profit before tax | £475k | −£35.1k | £68.9k |
| Profit after tax | £371k | −£50.6k | £30k |
| Profit (best available) | £371k | −£50.6k | £30k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 6% | 6.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼113.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Magna Motor Company (Christchurch) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £30k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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