TLC (Car Care) Limited
Registered name: TLC (CAR CARE) LIMITED
TLC (Car Care) Limited made £11m revenue and £42.5k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
TLC (Car Care) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £11m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £42.5k profit and 354 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Hetton-Le-Hole; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hetton-Le-Hole, North East
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £10.8m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.5m | −£9.2m | −£9.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £113k | £238k | £156k |
| Profit before tax | £14.8k | £120k | £27.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£14.1k | £79.4k | £42.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£14.1k | £79.4k | £42.5k |
| Employees (average) | 449 | 376 | 354 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 14.5% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £24.2k | £28.8k | £31.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£31 | £211 | £120 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼46.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £120
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 354
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- TLC (Car Care) North LtdFigures not disclosed
- TLC (Car Care) South LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £42.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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