Rodgers of Plymouth Limited
Registered name: RODGERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED
Part of Murray Holdings (SW) Limited groupRodgers of Plymouth Limited made £43.7m revenue and a £430k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rodgers of Plymouth Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £43.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £430k and 82 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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.
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) | £44.1m | £52m | £45.4m | £43.7m |
| Cost of sales | £42.6m | £50.7m | £44.1m | £42.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £416k | £398k | £298k | £31.5k |
| Profit before tax | £183k | −£40.1k | −£134k | −£300k |
| Profit after tax | £144k | −£36.9k | −£99.8k | −£430k |
| Profit (best available) | £144k | −£36.9k | −£99.8k | −£430k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 95 | 91 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −0.1% | −0.2% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 3.4% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £496k | £548k | £498k | £533k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | −£389 | −£1.1k | −£5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▼12.9% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼125.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼4.2% | ▼9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32.9k | £2k | £34.4k | £2.5k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3m | £533k | £103k |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.6m | £289k | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £7.2m | £6.2m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £423k | £210k | £66.3k | £288k |
| Deferred income | £195k | £143k | £230k | £459k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £533k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▼81%
- Now £103k
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £2.5k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▲99%
- Now £459k
- Fixed assets
- ▲673%
- Now £2.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Murray Holdings (SW) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Murray (Plymouth) Limited75–100%
- Rodgers of Plymouth Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Murray Plymouth TPS (Devon) LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£430k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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