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Company No. 06731125 · Incorporated 23 Oct 2008

Sinclair Garages (Cardiff) Limited

Registered name: SINCLAIR GARAGES (CARDIFF) LIMITED

Part of Sinclair Motor Holdings Limited group

Sinclair Garages (Cardiff) Limited made £94.4m revenue and £674k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Sinclair Garages (Cardiff) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £94.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £674k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Bridgend; we hold 4 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
Bridgend, Wales
Age
17 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£94.4m
Growth ▼4.8%
Profit
£674k
Growth ▼6.2%
Profit margin
0.7%
Gross 8.8%
Employees
115
Change ▲2.7%
Profit / employee
£5.9k
Revenue/employee £821k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£95.4m£102m£99.2m£94.4m
Cost of sales£87m£93.3m£91.2m£86.2m
Gross profit£8.4m£8.6m£8m£8.3m
Operating profit£2.2m£2.4m£1.2m£1.1m
Profit before tax£2m£1.9m£728k£674k
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.5m£719k£674k
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.5m£719k£674k
Staff costs£4.9m£4.9m£5.1m£5.5m
Employees (average)111107112115
Ratios
Profit margin1.7%1.4%0.7%0.7%
Gross margin8.8%8.4%8%8.8%
Revenue per employee£859k£952k£885k£821k
Profit per employee£14.4k£13.7k£6.4k£5.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.8%▼2.6%▼4.8%
Profit growth—▼8.4%▼51%▼6.2%
Headcount growth—▼3.6%▲4.7%▲2.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£487k£549k£244k£626k
Net assets£7.1k£1.5m£2.2m£2.9m
Fixed assets£391k£383k£420k£472k
Current assets£19.1m£24.5m£22.9m£28.9m
Debtors£2.2m£2.6m£1.2m£1m
Deferred income£656k£298k£32.8k£170k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
8.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£821k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£5.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1.1%
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
▲31%
Now £2.9m
Cash at bank
▲156%
Now £626k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 115
Deferred income
▲419%
Now £170k
Fixed assets
▲12%
Now £472k

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. Sinclair Motor Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Sinclair Garages (Cardiff) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £674k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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