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Company No. 03503183 · Incorporated 28 Jan 1998

Wilson & Co. (Motor Sales) Limited

Registered name: WILSON & CO. (MOTOR SALES) LIMITED

Part of RJTK Investments Ltd group

Wilson & Co. (Motor Sales) Limited made £59.9m revenue and a £562k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Wilson & Co. (Motor Sales) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £59.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £562k and 113 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Grimsby, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
28 yrs · since 1998
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: “RJTK Investments Ltd is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£59.9m
Growth ▼7.2%
Profit
−£562k
Growth ▼419.5%
Profit margin
−0.9%
Gross 11.3%
Employees
113
Change ▼41.1%
Profit / employee
−£5k
Revenue/employee £530k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£65.3m£64.5m£59.9m
Cost of sales£58.4m£57m£53.1m
Gross profit£6.9m£7.5m£6.8m
Operating profit£275k£397k−£510k
Profit before tax£55.1k£252k−£753k
Profit after tax−£108k£176k−£562k
Profit (best available)−£108k£176k−£562k
Staff costs£6.9m£7.3m£5.4m
Employees (average)207192113
Ratios
Profit margin−0.2%0.3%−0.9%
Gross margin10.6%11.6%11.3%
Revenue per employee£316k£336k£530k
Profit per employee−£522£917−£5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼1.3%▼7.2%
Profit growth——▼419.5%
Headcount growth—▼7.2%▼41.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£963k£3.3k£205
Net assets£3.9m£4m£3.5m
Fixed assets£533k£1.1m£1.1m
Current assets£18.4m£17m£19m
Debtors£2.2m£1.5m£1.2m
Deferred income£1m£1m£489k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
11.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£530k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.1%
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
▼14%
Now £3.5m
Cash at bank
▼94%
Now £205
Headcount
▼41%
Now 113
Deferred income
▼53%
Now £489k
Fixed assets
▼4%
Now £1.1m

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. RJTK Investments Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Wilson & Co. (Motor Sales) Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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 −£562k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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