4Front Car Sales Limited
Registered name: 4FRONT CAR SALES LIMITED
4Front Car Sales Limited made £11.3m revenue and £72.3k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
4Front Car Sales Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £11.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £72.3k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Haywards Heath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Haywards Heath, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32m | £25.2m | £16.9m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £29.5m | £22.8m | £15.6m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.4m | £865k |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £564k | £101k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £564k | £101k |
| Profit after tax | £978k | £994k | £418k | £72.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £978k | £994k | £418k | £72.3k |
| Staff costs | £107k | £98.1k | £59.9k | £60.5k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 7.8% | 9.6% | 8% | 7.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £8.4m | £8.5m | £5.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | £331k | £209k | £36.1k |
| Cash conversion | −36% | 108.5% | −7.8% | 391.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.3% | ▼32.9% | ▼33.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼58% | ▼82.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼33.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £215k | £272k | £726 | £684 |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £144k | £122k | £101k | £79.7k |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.5m | £6.6m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £46k | £21.2k | £23.2k | £15.6k |
| Deferred income | £16.1k | £16.1k | £15.3k | £15.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£436k | £1.3m | −£44.1k | £395k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £36.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 391.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £684
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £15.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £79.7k
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £72.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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