Holden & Holden Limited
Registered name: HOLDEN & HOLDEN LIMITED
Holden & Holden Limited made £136m revenue and £468k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Holden & Holden Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £136m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £468k profit and 231 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Norfolk; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norfolk, East of England
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £119m | £130m | £136m |
| Cost of sales | −£109m | −£119m | −£123m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £11.3m | £13m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | −£327k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £397k | −£1.7m | £398k |
| Profit after tax | £206k | −£1.3m | £468k |
| Profit (best available) | £206k | −£1.3m | £468k |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 231 | 231 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | −1% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 8.7% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £612k | £562k | £591k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | −£5.8k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼745.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £591k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 231
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (11)
- A.w.ramsey(Coachworks)limitedFigures not disclosed
- Holden & Holden Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holden Eastern LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holden LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holden Motors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hylton Gott LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Just Ask LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mister Vee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nelstar LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norfolk Motor Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reliance Garage(Norwich),limited(The)Figures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £468k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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