Autoparts & Diagnostics Limited
Registered name: AUTOPARTS & DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
Autoparts & Diagnostics Limited made £24.8m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Autoparts & Diagnostics Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £24.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 157 employees. The company is classified under “retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Tewkesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tewkesbury, South West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.5m | £24m | £22.9m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £15.3m | £13.8m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8.7m | £9.2m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £3.4m | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £3.2m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4.4m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 125 | 152 | 157 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 10.8% | 8% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 36.4% | 40% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £192k | £151k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £20.7k | £12.1k | £10.2k |
| Cash conversion | −132.2% | −55% | −82.5% | −75.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼4.4% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲74.1% | ▼28.9% | ▼12.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲21.6% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £4.9m | £4.2m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £11.3m | £11.8m | £12.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £12.8m | £13m | £14.3m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.9m | −£1.9m | −£2.2m | −£1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −75.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £12.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £4.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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