Azur Auto Limited
Registered name: AZUR AUTO LIMITED
Part of Sexton Holdings Limited groupAzur Auto Limited made £29.2m revenue and a £79k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Azur Auto Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £79k and 35 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Littlehampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Littlehampton, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Sexton Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.6m | £30.8m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | £19.6m | £29.8m | £28.2m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1m | £967k |
| Operating profit | £483k | £141k | £83k |
| Profit before tax | £344k | −£77k | −£105k |
| Profit after tax | £215k | −£61k | −£79k |
| Profit (best available) | £215k | −£61k | −£79k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 43 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | −0.2% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 5% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £457k | £717k | £834k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | −£1.4k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.7% | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼128.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▼18.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £166k | £195k |
| Net assets | — | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £580k | £545k | £427k |
| Current assets | — | £8.6m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £316k | £712k | £367k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £834k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £195k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £427k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sexton Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Azur Auto Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Axtell Automobile Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Birchwood Intermediate LimitedFigures 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 −£79k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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