Blackdown Motor Company Limited
Registered name: BLACKDOWN MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Blackdown Motor Company Limited made £25.3m revenue and a £180k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Blackdown Motor Company Limited’s revenue was £25.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with a loss of £180k and 82 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Lutterworth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Lutterworth, East Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “CSM Motor Group Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £25.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £22.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£190k |
| Profit after tax | £331k | −£180k |
| Profit (best available) | £331k | −£180k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £309k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | −£2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼154.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £2.6m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £9.6k | £125k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £309k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼52%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit −£180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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