United Autosports Limited
Registered name: UNITED AUTOSPORTS LIMITED
United Autosports Limited made £23.9m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
United Autosports Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £23.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.9m and 44 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Wakefield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16m | £18.8m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £15.5m | £20.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£357k | −£3.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£812k | −£112k | −£3.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£51.6k | £381k | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£51.6k | £381k | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 52 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | 2% | −8% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 17.5% | 13.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £341k | £362k | £544k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | £7.3k | −£43.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲27.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼604% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▼15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £654k | £1.4m | £775k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.9m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £6.6m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £971k | £1.2m | £740k |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£107k | −£887k | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £544k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£43.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £775k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £4.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £4.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- HRX Racewear UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- United Autosports Special Projects 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 2024 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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