Motorline Direct Limited
Registered name: MOTORLINE DIRECT LIMITED
Motorline Direct Limited made £16.7m revenue and a £5.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Motorline Direct Limited’s revenue was £16.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £5.7k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.8m | £22.7m | £19.9m | £11.6m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £27.4m | £21.7m | £18.8m | £10.9m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £997k | £1.1m | £680k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £437k | £8k | £148k | £96.2k | £129k |
| Profit before tax | £341k | −£190k | −£12.3k | −£6.6k | £3.7k |
| Profit after tax | £263k | −£159k | −£13.7k | −£7.9k | −£5.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £263k | −£159k | −£13.7k | −£7.9k | −£5.7k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −0.7% | −0.1% | −0.1% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £771k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | −£10.6k | −£857 | −£529 | −£378 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.2% | ▼12.4% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼160.3% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £20.3k | £101k | £2.1k | £2.1k | £17.3k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.1m | £894k | £799k | £643k |
| Fixed assets | £233k | £208k | £170k | £151k | £120k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £151k | £127k | £117k | £95.2k | £47.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£378
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £643k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £17.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £120k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Motorline Direct Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£5.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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