Shaftec Automotive Components Ltd
Registered name: SHAFTEC AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS LTD
Part of Ardenton UK Limited groupShaftec Automotive Components Ltd made £15.9m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Shaftec Automotive Components Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £15.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.7m profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 undertaking is Shaftec Holdco Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The parent company of the smallest group in which the results of the Company are cons”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.4m | £15.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 10.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £136k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £12.8k | £14.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £582k | £928k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £510k | £531k |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £15.5m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £11.5k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- 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
- ▲64%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲59%
- Now £928k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £531k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ardenton UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shaftec Holdco Limited75–100%
- Shaftec Automotive Components Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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