Startin Tractors Limited
Registered name: STARTIN TRACTORS LIMITED
Startin Tractors Limited made £14.9m revenue and £61.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Startin Tractors Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £61.9k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 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) | £18.8m | £18.6m | £14.8m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £16.6m | £16.5m | £13.4m | £13.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £510k | £426k | −£352k | £94.4k |
| Profit before tax | £527k | £444k | −£333k | £46.9k |
| Profit after tax | £409k | £347k | −£238k | £61.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £409k | £347k | −£238k | £61.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 36 | 35 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.9% | −1.6% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 11% | 9.6% | 12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £552k | £516k | £422k | £415k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £9.6k | −£6.8k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | −209.6% | −395.2% | — | −1354% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1% | ▼20.4% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.3% | ▼168.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼2.8% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £458k | £50.3k | £114k |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £11m | £10.8m | £10.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £4.1m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £11.3m | £8.6m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £949k | £1m | £1.1m | £705k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£67.9k | −£1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £415k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1354%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £10.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲126%
- Now £114k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £5.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £61.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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