Ron Skinner & Sons Ltd.
Registered name: RON SKINNER & SONS LTD.
Ron Skinner & Sons Ltd. made £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Ron Skinner & Sons Ltd. reported £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 152 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Tredegar; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tredegar, Wales
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 is ultimately controlled by Mr”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £72.7m | £79.8m | £86.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | £65m | £71.5m | £76.1m | — |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £8.3m | £10.4m | — |
| Operating profit | £698k | £387k | £1.2m | — |
| Profit before tax | £370k | −£97.5k | £160k | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £291k | −£52.8k | −£4.7k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £291k | −£52.8k | −£4.7k | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 139 | 169 | 152 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −0.1% | 0% | — |
| Gross margin | 10.5% | 10.4% | 12% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £600k | £574k | £512k | — |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | −£380 | −£28 | £15.3k |
| Cash conversion | −63.7% | −90.1% | −24.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲8.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▲21.6% | ▼10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.8k | £49.7k | £97.9k | £13.6k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.4m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £7.3m | £7m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £13.2m | £13.3m | £14.7m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £25.4k | £269k | £57.5k | £11.1k |
| Deferred income | £60.5k | £0 | £725k | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£445k | −£349k | −£303k | £3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £13.6k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- ▲132%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £5.9m
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 2024 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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