Rudolph & Hellmann Automotive Limited
Registered name: RUDOLPH & HELLMANN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Rudolph & Hellmann Automotive Limited made £40.8m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Rudolph & Hellmann Automotive Limited’s revenue was £40.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.7m profit and 508 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities incidental to land transportation,” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.6m | £34.2m | £23.9m | £40.8m |
| Cost of sales | £24.1m | £27.9m | £19m | £31.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.3m | £4.9m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £4.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £19.1m | £19.2m | £13.6m | £22.4m |
| Employees (average) | 609 | 555 | 589 | 508 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 7% | 9.9% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 18.4% | 20.6% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.2k | £61.5k | £40.7k | £80.4k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £4.3k | £4k | £7.2k |
| Cash conversion | −22.5% | 79.5% | 148.5% | 126.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.9% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.7m | £3.6m | £6.4m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £222k | £144k | £111k | £51.9k |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £8.3m | £9.5m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £3.8m | £3.7m | £394k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £897k |
| Cash from operations | −£757k | £2.2m | £4.1m | £5.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 126.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- —
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £6.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 508
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £897k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £51.9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
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 2024 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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