Global Autocare Limited
Registered name: GLOBAL AUTOCARE LIMITED
Part of Global Autocare Holding Limited groupGlobal Autocare Limited made £78.2m revenue and £13m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Global Autocare Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £78.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £13m profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 and ultimate parent company is Global Autocare Holding Limited, incorporated in England & Wales. At the balance sheet date, the directors considered that the Company had no ult”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59m | £66.4m | £71.8m | £78.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £34.4m | £42.6m | £43.8m |
| Gross profit | £41.5m | £32m | £29.2m | £34.4m |
| Operating profit | £36.1m | £19.3m | £23m | £27.6m |
| Profit before tax | £30.2m | £8.4m | £12.1m | £17.4m |
| Profit after tax | £24.1m | £7.4m | £9.8m | £13m |
| Profit (best available) | £24.1m | £7.4m | £9.8m | £13m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.9m | £4.3m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 112 | 114 | 120 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 40.8% | 11.2% | 13.7% | 16.6% |
| Gross margin | 70.4% | 48.2% | 40.6% | 44% |
| Revenue per employee | £584k | £593k | £629k | £652k |
| Profit per employee | £238k | £66.2k | £85.9k | £108k |
| Cash conversion | 106.8% | 242.3% | 206.4% | 201.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.6% | ▲8.1% | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.2% | ▲32.1% | ▲32.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲1.8% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15.6m | £7.7m | £10m | £16.8m |
| Net assets | £31.6m | £31.7m | £27.3m | £40.3m |
| Fixed assets | £178m | £186m | £195m | £207m |
| Current assets | £23.9m | £14.7m | £18.4m | — |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £4.2m | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Cash from operations | £38.6m | £46.7m | £47.6m | £55.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £652k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 201.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 264.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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
- ▲48%
- Now £40.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £16.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £5.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £207m
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
- Global Autocare Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Global Autocare Limitedthis 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 28 Feb 2026 (profit £13m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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