Stratton Motor Company(Norfolk)limited
Registered name: STRATTON MOTOR COMPANY(NORFOLK)LIMITED
Stratton Motor Company(Norfolk)limited made £9.8m revenue and £266k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Stratton Motor Company(Norfolk)limited’s revenue fell 21% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £266k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Long Stratton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Long Stratton, East of England
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.9m | £12.4m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.1m | £10.8m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £712k | £345k | £390k |
| Profit before tax | — | £633k | £278k | £337k |
| Profit after tax | — | £633k | −£2.8k | £266k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £633k | −£2.8k | £266k |
| Staff costs | — | £971k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 38 | 37 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.3% | 0% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 15.2% | 13.1% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £312k | £335k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | — | £16.7k | −£75 | £7.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −165.9% | −308.1% | 123.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲4.4% | ▼20.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼100.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼2.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £820k | £563k | £1.3m | £347k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £3.6m | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £306k | £623k | £1.1m | £934k |
| Deferred income | — | £45.9k | £6.7k | £103k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.2m | −£1.1m | £480k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 123.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £347k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▲1438%
- Now £103k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £2.2m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £266k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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