Autorola Ltd
Registered name: AUTOROLA LTD
Autorola Ltd made £11m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Autorola Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Macclesfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Macclesfield, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 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) | £9.5m | £10.1m | £10.2m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.9m | £7.9m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 65 | 72 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.2% | 21% | 15.3% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | 76.6% | 78.4% | 77.7% | 77.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £155k | £141k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £39.8k | £32.5k | £21.6k | £18k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲1.1% | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▼26.3% | ▼8.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▲10.8% | ▲9.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.3m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.6m | £2.4m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £43.3k | £89.6k | £84.4k | £89.6k |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £8.6m | £6.1m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £284k | £162k | £65.3k | £144k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲121%
- Now £144k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £89.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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