Ura Ventures Limited
Registered name: URA VENTURES LIMITED
Part of Longfox Limited groupUra Ventures Limited made £20.9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ura Ventures Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £20.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £23.5m | £23.8m | £20.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £17.1m | £15.7m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £6.3m | £8.1m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £5.6m | £5.1m | £5.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £4.6m | £3.6m | £3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 42 | 44 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.5% | 11.4% | 9.6% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 32% | 27% | 33.9% | 35.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £498k | £559k | £540k | £464k |
| Profit per employee | £87.2k | £63.5k | £51.9k | £29.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲1.2% | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.2% | ▼14.4% | ▼42.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.8% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12m | £6.4m | £9.6m | £7.1m |
| Net assets | £23.2m | £11.2m | £11.5m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £43.4m | £44.4m | £40.6m | £37.6m |
| Current assets | £22.6m | £15.5m | £17.8m | £14.1m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.2m | £239k | £172k |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £464k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 180.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £7.1m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £2.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £37.6m
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
- Longfox Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ura Ventures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Total Motion LimitedRev. £31.8m · Profit −£523k
- Windsor Vehicle Leasing 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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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