Ideal Commercials Limited
Registered name: IDEAL COMMERCIALS LIMITED
Part of Ideal Commercial Group Limited groupIdeal Commercials Limited made £11.1m revenue and £5.4k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ideal Commercials Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.4k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Petersfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Petersfield, South East
- 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.
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) | £16.9m | £15m | £12.1m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.9m | £13.2m | £10.9m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £871k | £2.2k | −£225 |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £866k | £3.7k | £4.4k |
| Profit after tax | £982k | £703k | £5.9k | £5.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £982k | £703k | £5.9k | £5.4k |
| Staff costs | £518k | £478k | £459k | £504k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 4.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 11.7% | 9.6% | 12% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £98.2k | £78.1k | £591 | £596 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼19.3% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.4% | ▼99.2% | ▼9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% | ▲11.1% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.2m | £555k | £674k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.1m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £77.5k | £62.8k | £54.1k | £249k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £6.6m | £6.4m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £193k | £210k | £437k | £383k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £596
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £674k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲361%
- Now £249k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ideal Commercial Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ideal Commercials 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 Mar 2025 (profit £5.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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