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Company No. 01786187 · Incorporated 26 Jan 1984

Auto-4 Limited

Registered name: AUTO-4 LIMITED

Part of Rema Tip Top Holdings UK Limited group

Auto-4 Limited made £14.5m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Auto-4 Limited’s revenue grew 64% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Status
Active
Location
Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
42 yrs · since 1984
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£14.5m
Growth ▲63.7%
Profit
£1.3m
Growth ▲33.9%
Profit margin
8.9%
Gross 32.1%
Employees
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Change —
Profit / employee
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Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£8.6m£8.9m£14.5m
Cost of sales−£6.6m−£6.1m−£9.9m
Gross profit£2m£2.8m£4.7m
Operating profit£187k£1.2m£1.7m
Profit before tax£151k£1.2m£1.7m
Profit after tax£99.1k£973k£1.3m
Profit (best available)£99.1k£973k£1.3m
Employees (average)———
Ratios
Profit margin1.1%10.9%8.9%
Gross margin23.4%31.5%32.1%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲3.5%▲63.7%
Profit growth—▲881.8%▲33.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
32.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
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Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
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Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
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Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
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Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
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Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
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Cash at bank
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Headcount
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Deferred income
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Fixed assets
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Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Rema Tip Top Holdings UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Auto-4 Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (20)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026

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