Premier Automotive Limited
Registered name: PREMIER AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Premier Automotive Limited made £54.1m revenue and £171k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Premier Automotive Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £54.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £171k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Dukinfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dukinfield, North West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48m | £50.1m | £53.4m | £54.1m |
| Cost of sales | £42.6m | £44.5m | £48.8m | £49.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.5m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.6m | £526k | £838k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.3m | −£34.9k | £228k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | −£28.2k | £171k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.1m | −£28.2k | £171k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 72 | 73 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 2.1% | −0.1% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 11.1% | 8.5% | 8.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £728k | £695k | £731k | £741k |
| Profit per employee | £18.5k | £14.9k | −£387 | £2.3k |
| Cash conversion | −72.8% | −93.3% | −324.3% | −99.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲6.6% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▼102.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲1.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.2m | £694k | £294k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.7m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.6m | £6.6m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £9.3m | £10.4m | £11.8m |
| Debtors | £482k | £556k | £942k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.5m | −£1.7m | −£834k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £741k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −99.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £294k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £6.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £171k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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