Vestatec (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: VESTATEC (U.K.) LIMITED
Part of Ash & Lacy Automotive Holdings Limited groupVestatec (U.K.) Limited made £7.4m revenue and £845k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Vestatec (U.K.) Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £7.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £845k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles” and is based in Smethwick; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Smethwick, West Midlands
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £8.3m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.9m | −£4.3m | −£3.6m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £811k | £666k | £819k |
| Profit before tax | £838k | £682k | £787k |
| Profit after tax | £554k | £509k | £845k |
| Profit (best available) | £554k | £509k | £845k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 38 | 38 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 6.2% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 45.1% | 48.4% | 51% |
| Revenue per employee | £222k | £217k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £13.4k | £22.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.1% | ▲65.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.2k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ash & Lacy Automotive Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vestatec (U.K.) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Vestatec Ae LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Ash & Lacy Automotive LimitedRev. £9.1m · Profit −£308k
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 £845k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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