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Company No. 06215364 · Incorporated 17 Apr 2007

Hippo Vehicle Solutions Limited

Registered name: HIPPO VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Part of Hippo Motor Group Holdings Limited group

Hippo Vehicle Solutions Limited made £260m revenue and a £7.8m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

Hippo Vehicle Solutions Limited’s revenue was £260m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £7.8m and 387 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 45111Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Status
Active
Location
Blackburn, North West
Age
19 yrs · since 2007
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: “Hippo Vehicle Holdings Limited is the immediate parent company. Hippo Motor Group Holdings Limited is the company's ultimate parent company.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£260m
Growth —
Profit
−£7.8m
Growth —
Profit margin
−3%
Gross 14.1%
Employees
387
Change —
Profit / employee
−£20.1k
Revenue/employee £673k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£143m£260m
Cost of sales£119m£224m
Gross profit£23.4m£36.8m
Operating profit−£3.4m−£7.7m
Profit before tax−£3.5m−£7.9m
Profit after tax−£3.4m−£7.8m
Profit (best available)−£3.4m−£7.8m
Staff costs£13.3m£23.7m
Employees (average)342387
Ratios
Profit margin−2.4%−3%
Gross margin16.4%14.1%
Revenue per employee£417k£673k
Profit per employee−£10k−£20.1k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£19.1k£3.3k
Net assets£12.7m£3.1m
Fixed assets£2.1m£1.5m
Current assets£40.5m£35.8m
Debtors£3.1m£2.1m
Deferred income£820k£1.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
14.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£673k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£20.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £3.1m
Cash at bank
—
Now £3.3k
Headcount
—
Now 387
Deferred income
—
Now £1.2m
Fixed assets
—
Now £1.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Hippo Motor Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Hippo Motor Group Limited75–100%
  3. Hippo Vehicle Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Hippo Vehicle Solutions 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£7.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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