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Company No. 03880838 · Incorporated 22 Nov 1999

Edc Automotive Limited

Registered name: EDC AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED

Part of Edi Holdings Limited group

Edc Automotive Limited made £38.8m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Edc Automotive Limited’s revenue grew 70% to £38.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.7m profit and 178 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Langstone; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Langstone, Wales
Age
26 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£38.8m
Growth ▲69.7%
Profit
£2.7m
Growth —
Profit margin
7%
Gross 40.1%
Employees
178
Change ▲33.8%
Profit / employee
£15.2k
Revenue/employee £218k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.2m£25.8m£24m£22.9m£38.8m
Cost of sales£11.2m£14.7m£12.3m£14.6m£23.2m
Gross profit£9.1m£11.1m£11.7m£8.2m£15.6m
Operating profit£2.6m£3.1m£4.5m−£1.7m£3.8m
Profit before tax£2.2m£2.8m£4.3m−£2m£3.7m
Profit after tax£1.8m£2.2m£3.2m−£1.6m£2.7m
Profit (best available)£1.8m£2.2m£3.2m−£1.6m£2.7m
Staff costs———£6.1m£9m
Employees (average)94140107133178
Ratios
Profit margin9%8.6%13.5%−6.9%7%
Gross margin44.9%43%48.8%36%40.1%
Revenue per employee£215k£184k£225k£172k£218k
Profit per employee£19.3k£15.8k£30.3k−£11.8k£15.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲27.5%▼6.8%▼5%▲69.7%
Profit growth—▲21.4%▲46.8%▼148.5%—
Headcount growth—▲48.9%▼23.6%▲24.3%▲33.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£2.5m£2.6m£1.6m£2.3m
Net assets£2.3m£4.5m£7.6m£6m£7.7m
Fixed assets£4.7m£5.5m£6.1m£7.5m£6.2m
Current assets£8.2m£7.9m£7.3m£8.4m£10.6m
Debtors£3.8m£1.9m£538k£1.3m£3.5m
Deferred income£842k£814k£693k£2m£1.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
40.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£218k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£15.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
16.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.2%
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
▲29%
Now £7.7m
Cash at bank
▲45%
Now £2.3m
Headcount
▲34%
Now 178
Deferred income
▼23%
Now £1.5m
Fixed assets
▼17%
Now £6.2m

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. Edi Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Edc Automotive 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 £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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