Mistsolar Limited
Registered name: MISTSOLAR LIMITED
Part of Mistsolar Holdings Limited groupMistsolar Limited made £44.6m revenue and a £13.9k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Mistsolar Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £44.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £13.9k and 83 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Waterton Industrial Estate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waterton Industrial Estate, Wales
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.6m | £42.6m | £49.5m | £44.6m |
| Cost of sales | £39.7m | £37.3m | £43.6m | £38.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £604k | £300k | £319k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £548k | £28.7k | −£15.6k |
| Profit after tax | £838k | £453k | £17.5k | −£13.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £838k | £453k | £17.5k | −£13.9k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 87 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 12.3% | 11.9% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £569k | £537k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £201 | −£168 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▲16.4% | ▼10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46% | ▼96.1% | ▼179.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £3m | £1.1m | £249k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £250k | £240k | £213k | £359k |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £14.1m | £13.4m | £14.9m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £511k | £851k | £807k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £537k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£168
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £249k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲69%
- Now £359k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mistsolar Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mistsolar Group Limited75–100%
- Mistsolar Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Bridgend Rent-a-Car Ltd.Figures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Redi-87 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£13.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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