Auto-Sportiva Limited
Registered name: AUTO-SPORTIVA LIMITED
Auto-Sportiva Limited made £41.6m revenue and £698k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Auto-Sportiva Limited’s revenue grew 48% to £41.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £698k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £28m | £41.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £26.2m | £38.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.8m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £652k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £426k | £940k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £312k | £698k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £312k | £698k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £915k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £19.5k | £34.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 7.8% | −4.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲48.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲123.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £550k | £294k | £277k | £651k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £97.5k | £79.6k | £130k | £83k |
| Current assets | £6m | £4.8m | £5.4m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £124k | £166k | £62k | £3.8k |
| Deferred income | £4.7k | £5k | £5k | £12.8k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £50.5k | −£48.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲135%
- Now £651k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲159%
- Now £12.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £83k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £698k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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