Bassetts (South Wales) Ltd
Registered name: BASSETTS (SOUTH WALES) LTD
Part of Bassett Property Holdings Ltd groupBassetts (South Wales) Ltd made £48.4m revenue and £707k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bassetts (South Wales) Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £48.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £707k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Swansea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swansea, Wales
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company Bassett Property Holdings Limited, a 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32m | £43.4m | £41.3m | £48.4m |
| Cost of sales | £29.3m | £40.5m | £38.6m | £45.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £140k | £707k |
| Profit before tax | £693k | £335k | £145k | £707k |
| Profit after tax | £582k | £271k | £130k | £707k |
| Profit (best available) | £582k | £271k | £130k | £707k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 41 | 40 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £888k | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | £6.6k | £3.3k | £16.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.8% | ▼5% | ▲17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.4% | ▼51.9% | ▲442.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▼2.4% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7k | £1.2m | £1.7k | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £274k | £273k | £503k | £691k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £5.7m | £7m | £10m |
| Debtors | £842k | £583k | £913k | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £334k | £258k | £282k | £132k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲150645%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £132k
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £691k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bassett Property Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bassetts (South Wales) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Arthur Bassett & Co. LimitedRev. £47.4m · Profit −£290k
- Bassetts (Wales) LtdRev. £32.4m · Profit £283k
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 £707k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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