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Company No. 01231851 · Incorporated 30 Oct 1975

Commercial Vehicle Auctions Limited

Registered name: COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AUCTIONS LIMITED

Part of Ballyvesey Industries Limited group

Commercial Vehicle Auctions Limited made £6.5m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Commercial Vehicle Auctions Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £6.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
50 yrs · since 1975
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£6.5m
Growth ▲17.1%
Profit
£2m
Growth ▲6%
Profit margin
31%
Gross 92.3%
Employees
43
Change ▲13.2%
Profit / employee
£46.6k
Revenue/employee £151k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.5m£6.5m
Cost of sales£117k£496k
Gross profit£5.4m£6m
Operating profit£2m£1.4m
Profit before tax£3.1m£2.4m
Profit after tax£1.9m£2m
Profit (best available)£1.9m£2m
Employees (average)3843
Ratios
Profit margin34.2%31%
Gross margin97.9%92.3%
Revenue per employee£145k£151k
Profit per employee£49.8k£46.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲17.1%
Profit growth—▲6%
Headcount growth—▲13.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.5m£6.5m
Net assets£11.4m£7m
Fixed assets£3.4m£4.1m
Debtors£1.4m£2.6m
Deferred income£138k£403k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
31%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
92.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£151k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£46.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
64%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
6.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
40.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼38%
Now £7m
Cash at bank
▼0%
Now £6.5m
Headcount
▲13%
Now 43
Deferred income
▲191%
Now £403k
Fixed assets
▲21%
Now £4.1m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ballyvesey Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ballyvesey Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Commercial Vehicle Auctions Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (17)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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