Slaters North Wales Limited
Registered name: SLATERS NORTH WALES LIMITED
Slaters North Wales Limited made £22.9m revenue and £217k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Slaters North Wales Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £22.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £217k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Colwyn Bay; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colwyn Bay, Wales
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 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) | £25.5m | £23.7m | £22.9m |
| Cost of sales | £22.3m | £20.3m | £19.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £467k | £268k | £378k |
| Profit before tax | £311k | £153k | £296k |
| Profit after tax | £238k | £117k | £217k |
| Profit (best available) | £238k | £117k | £217k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 53 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 14.2% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £490k | £447k | £417k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £2.2k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | −41.5% | −192.7% | −160.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.2% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.8% | ▲85% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £38.1k | £252k | £523k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £467k | £267k | £463k |
| Deferred income | £568k | £585k | £618k |
| Cash from operations | −£194k | −£516k | −£605k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £417k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −160.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲108%
- Now £523k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £618k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.2m
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 2025 (profit £217k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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