Motive Components Limited
Registered name: MOTIVE COMPONENTS LIMITED
Part of Auto Motive Pumps Holdings Limited groupMotive Components Limited made £10.4m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Motive Components Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £10.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.3m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.6m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.3m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 28 | 32 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 15.7% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 41% | 39.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £330k | £298k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £51.9k | £37.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −117.3% | −103.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼20.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲14.3% | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.2m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £7.6m | £6.6m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £277k | £325k | £255k | £201k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7.9m | £7.4m | £6m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.6m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.4m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £298k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −103.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £201k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Auto Motive Pumps Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Motive Components Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Autopumps UK LtdRev. £3.1m · Profit £184k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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