Merthyr Tydfil Car Auction Limited
Registered name: MERTHYR TYDFIL CAR AUCTION LIMITED
Merthyr Tydfil Car Auction Limited made £6.1m revenue and £742k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Merthyr Tydfil Car Auction Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £6.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £742k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Merthyr Tydfil; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £6.5m | £6.7m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £952k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £985k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £742k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £742k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17% | 18.6% | 15.8% | 12.1% |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | 49.4% | 48.3% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £249k | £269k | £278k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | £42.3k | £50.1k | £43.8k | £30.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▲3.3% | ▼8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼12.4% | ▼29.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.6m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £876k | £1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £5.3m | £5.2m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £185k | £80.5k | £110k | £67.5k |
| Deferred income | — | £410k | £293k | £359k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £359k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £1.5m
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 £742k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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