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Company No. 02034169 · Incorporated 4 Jul 1986

Murley Auto Limited

Registered name: MURLEY AUTO LIMITED

Part of Murley Limited group

Murley Auto Limited made £32.9m revenue and £48k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Murley Auto Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £32.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £48k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Warwickshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 45111Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Status
Active
Location
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Age
40 yrs · since 1986
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's controlling party is the board of directors of it's immediate and ultimate parent company, Murley Limited.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£32.9m
Growth ▲11.1%
Profit
£48k
Growth ▼81.3%
Profit margin
0.1%
Gross 8.4%
Employees
31
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£1.5k
Revenue/employee £1.1m
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£29.6m£32.9m
Cost of sales£26.7m£30.1m
Gross profit£2.9m£2.8m
Operating profit£370k£134k
Profit before tax£329k£73k
Profit after tax£256k£48k
Profit (best available)£256k£48k
Staff costs£1.5m£1.5m
Employees (average)3131
Ratios
Profit margin0.9%0.1%
Gross margin9.9%8.4%
Revenue per employee£955k£1.1m
Profit per employee£8.3k£1.5k
Cash conversion89.2%−430.6%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲11.1%
Profit growth—▼81.3%
Headcount growth—0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£170k£458k
Net assets£2.6m£2.7m
Fixed assets£1.9m£22k
Current assets£4.6m£4.8m
Debtors£393k£338k
Deferred income£206k£116k
Cash from operations£330k−£577k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
8.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.1m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−430.6%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.1%
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%
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
▲2%
Now £2.7m
Cash at bank
▲169%
Now £458k
Headcount
0%
Now 31
Deferred income
▼44%
Now £116k
Fixed assets
▼99%
Now £22k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Murley Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Murley Auto Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (2)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £48k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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