Melling Commercial Limited
Registered name: MELLING COMMERCIAL LIMITED
Part of Melling Property Holdings (Wigan) Ltd groupMelling Commercial Limited made £25.1m revenue and £42.8k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Melling Commercial Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £42.8k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Wigan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is Melling Property Holdings (Wigan) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, which prepare group financial statements. Copies can be obtained from Westwood Moto”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £24.5m | £26m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £14.6m | £16.4m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £10.8m | £9.9m | £9.6m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £5.9m | £3.9m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £2.7m | £343k | £426k |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £2.1m | £518k | £42.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £2.1m | £518k | £42.8k |
| Staff costs | £846k | £1.4m | £871k | £880k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 25 | 30 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.3% | 8.6% | 2% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 44.1% | 40.4% | 37% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £979k | £981k | £866k | £837k |
| Profit per employee | £160k | £84.1k | £17.3k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▲5.9% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.4% | ▼75.3% | ▼91.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.2m | £5.8m | £2.9m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £8.3m | £8.6m | £8.7m |
| Fixed assets | £15.1m | £21.4m | £22.4m | £23.3m |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £10.4m | £7.3m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £174k | £214k | £199k | £250k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £837k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £8.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £250k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £23.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Melling Property Holdings (Wigan) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Melling Commercial Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £42.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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