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Company No. 02921629 · Incorporated 22 Apr 1994

Karl Vella Autobody Repairs Limited

Registered name: KARL VELLA AUTOBODY REPAIRS LIMITED

Part of Vee Topco Limited group

Karl Vella Autobody Repairs Limited made £41.6m revenue and £940k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text

Karl Vella Autobody Repairs Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £41.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £940k profit and 261 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Skelmersdale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 45200Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Status
Active
Location
Skelmersdale, North West
Age
32 yrs · since 1994
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 immediate parent is Karl Vella Group Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Doing more with lessBoring industry
Revenue
£41.6m
Growth ▲9.1%
Profit
£940k
Growth ▼25.7%
Profit margin
2.3%
Gross 24.9%
Employees
261
Change ▼3.7%
Profit / employee
£3.6k
Revenue/employee £160k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202230 Jun 202330 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£23m£33.8m£38.1m£41.6m
Cost of sales£18.2m£25.2m£27.6m£31.3m
Gross profit£4.9m£8.6m£10.6m£10.3m
Operating profit£620k£1.1m£1.8m£1m
Profit before tax£609k£1m£1.7m£978k
Profit after tax£514k£760k£1.3m£940k
Profit (best available)£514k£760k£1.3m£940k
Staff costs£5.8m£8.6m£9.7m£10.8m
Employees (average)203262271261
Ratios
Profit margin2.2%2.3%3.3%2.3%
Gross margin21.1%25.5%27.7%24.9%
Revenue per employee£113k£129k£141k£160k
Profit per employee£2.5k£2.9k£4.7k£3.6k
Cash conversion——43.4%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲46.7%▲13%▲9.1%
Profit growth—▲47.7%▲66.5%▼25.7%
Headcount growth—▲29.1%▲3.4%▼3.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£1.2m£7.6k£10.3k
Net assets£2.1m£2.9m£4.1m£5.1m
Fixed assets£4.3m£4.7m£0£4.9m
Current assets£4.1m£4.2m£5.6m£7.8m
Debtors£1m£1.5m£1.5m£1.7m
Deferred income£412k£777k£692k£753k
Cash from operations——£771k—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
24.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£160k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.1%
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
▲23%
Now £5.1m
Cash at bank
▲36%
Now £10.3k
Headcount
▼4%
Now 261
Deferred income
▲9%
Now £753k
Fixed assets
—
Now £4.9m

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. Vee Topco Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Vee Midco 1 Limited75–100%
  3. Vee Midco 2 Limited75–100%
  4. Vee Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. Blackacre Newco 1 Limited75–100%
  6. Karl Vella Group Limited75–100%
  7. Karl Vella Autobody Repairs Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (16)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £940k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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