Sparks Commercials Portsmouth Limited
Registered name: SPARKS COMMERCIALS PORTSMOUTH LIMITED
Part of Sparks Commercial Holdings Limited groupSparks Commercials Portsmouth Limited made £411k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Sparks Commercials Portsmouth Limited reported £411k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2025, down 19% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 33 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- 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 parent company of Sparks Commercials Portsmouth Limited is Sparks Commercial Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office of the parent company is Spark House”
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 | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £285k | £402k | £505k | £411k |
| Profit (best available) | £285k | £402k | £505k | £411k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 28 | 34 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £10.2k | £14.4k | £14.9k | £12.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.2% | ▲25.6% | ▼18.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲21.4% | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £578k | £586k | £719k | £827k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £14.3k | £38.1k | £30.8k | £143k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.8m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £409k | £495k | £500k | £483k |
| Deferred income | £56.2k | £135k | £67.6k | £48k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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
- £12.5k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £827k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £48k
- Fixed assets
- ▲364%
- Now £143k
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
- Sparks Commercial Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sparks Commercials Portsmouth Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Sparks Commercial Services LimitedRev. £18.5m · Profit £1.2m
- Complete LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newman Investment Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sparks Commercials Exeter LimitedRev. — · Profit £196k
- Sparks Commercials Poole LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sparks Commercials Swindon LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2025 (profit £411k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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