HGV Direct Limited
Registered name: HGV DIRECT LIMITED
HGV Direct Limited made £38.7m revenue and £721k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HGV Direct Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £38.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £721k profit and 207 employees. The company is classified under “retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Airfield Industrial Estate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Airfield Industrial Estate, East Midlands
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1984
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £31.6m | £33.6m | £38.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£19.9m | −£21m | −£24.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £11.7m | £12.6m | £14.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.3m | £1.3m | £996k |
| Profit after tax | £972k | £989k | £893k | £721k |
| Profit (best available) | £972k | £989k | £893k | £721k |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 179 | 182 | 207 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.1% | 2.7% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 37% | 37.5% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £176k | £185k | £187k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £5.5k | £4.9k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.4% | ▲15.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼9.7% | ▼19.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.7% | ▲1.7% | ▲13.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £406k | £828k | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2.3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £11.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5.8m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £378k | £201k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £187k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 207
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Bowl Reed Enterprises Ltd 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £721k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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