Asm Auto Recycling Ltd.
Registered name: ASM AUTO RECYCLING LTD.
Part of Tasmar Limited groupAsm Auto Recycling Ltd. made £35m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Asm Auto Recycling Ltd.’s revenue grew 5% to £35m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.1m profit and 150 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield, South East
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tasmar Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.6m | £39.4m | £33.3m | £35m |
| Cost of sales | £27.3m | £34.5m | £28.6m | £28.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £4.9m | £4.7m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £681k | £169k | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £680k | £175k | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £361k | −£167k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £361k | −£167k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 146 | 145 | 150 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 0.9% | −0.5% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 12.5% | 14.2% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £262k | £270k | £230k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | £2.5k | −£1.1k | £13.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▼15.5% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84.4% | ▼146.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.1% | ▼0.7% | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £318k | £663k | £783k | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £8.6m | £8.4m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £6m | £7.1m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £422k | £278k | £287k | £481k |
| Deferred income | £222k | £0 | £166k | £139k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲181%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 150
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £139k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £5.7m
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
- Tasmar Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Asm Auto Recycling Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Asm Metal Recycling Ltd.Rev. £38.1m · Profit £745k
- McDonagh Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Totternhoe Holdings LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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