Dick Lovett Automobile Limited
Registered name: DICK LOVETT AUTOMOBILE LIMITED
Part of Dick Lovett Companies Limited groupDick Lovett Automobile Limited made £5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Dick Lovett Automobile Limited reported £5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 69% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 5 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 38 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £694m | £747m | £746m | £736m |
| Profit after tax | £10.5m | £16m | £16m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £10.5m | £16m | £16m | £5m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £1.8m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £1m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲52.4% | 0% | ▼68.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼16.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.3m | £12.5m | £2.7m | £16.2m |
| Net assets | — | £9.8m | £9.8m | £62.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6.5m | £7.8m | £11.6m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£17.4m | −£25.7m | −£13.7m | −£18.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1m
- 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
- ▲534%
- Now £62.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲508%
- Now £16.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £14.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dick Lovett Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dick Lovett Automobile Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (12)
- Dick Lovett LimitedRev. £272m · Profit £4.1m
- Dick Lovett (Bristol) LimitedRev. £150m · Profit £1.5m
- Dick Lovett (Specialist Cars) LimitedRev. £100m · Profit £933k
- Dick Lovett Sporting LimitedRev. £93.6m · Profit £1.4m
- Dick Lovett (Bath) LimitedRev. £75.3m · Profit £369k
- Dick Lovett (Avon) LimitedRev. £56.8m · Profit −£508k
- Dick Lovett Sports Cars LimitedRev. £45.7m · Profit £113k
- Dick Lovett (Hungerford) LimitedRev. £42.2m · Profit £427k
- Dick Lovett (SV) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dick Lovett (Swindon) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P L R LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spraymaster LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- 100 PL 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 Dec 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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