Chief Vehicle Rentals Limited
Registered name: CHIEF VEHICLE RENTALS LIMITED
Chief Vehicle Rentals Limited made £8.8m revenue and a £255k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Chief Vehicle Rentals Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £8.8m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £255k and 62 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Paignton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Paignton, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £28.3k | £905k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.3m | −£255k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£255k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£255k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −9.6% | −2.9% |
| Gross margin | 65.3% | 69.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.3k | −£4.1k |
| Cash conversion | 12265% | 430.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £72.4k | £13.1k |
| Net assets | £1m | £630k |
| Fixed assets | £12.3m | £10.4m |
| Current assets | £6m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £4.3m |
| Cash from operations | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 430.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 119.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 49.5%
- 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
- ▼40%
- Now £630k
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £13.1k
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £10.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£255k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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