Wilson & Co. (Motor Sales) Limited
Registered name: WILSON & CO. (MOTOR SALES) LIMITED
Part of RJTK Investments Ltd groupWilson & 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.”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 207 | 192 | 113 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 0.3% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 10.6% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RJTK Investments Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Wilson & Co. (Motor Sales) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Automotive Hub LtdFigures 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 −£562k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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