Read Hyundai Lincoln Limited
Registered name: READ HYUNDAI LINCOLN LIMITED
Part of Read Motor Group Limited groupRead Hyundai Lincoln Limited made £19.5m revenue and £278k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Read Hyundai Lincoln Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £19.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £278k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Worksop; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worksop, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “Read Motor Group 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £20.9m | £19.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17.7m | £19m | £17.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £450k | £506k | £406k |
| Profit after tax | £371k | £390k | £278k |
| Profit (best available) | £371k | £390k | £278k |
| Staff costs | £622k | £667k | £680k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 20 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 8.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1m | £927k |
| Profit per employee | £20.6k | £19.5k | £13.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▼6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5% | ▼28.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £90.8k | £54.7k | — |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £576k | £164k | £357k |
| Cash from operations | £371k | £400k | £248k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £927k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Read Motor Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Read Hyundai Lincoln Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Read Derby LimitedRev. £29m · Profit −£240k
- Read Burton LimitedLiquidationRev. £24.2m · Profit −£687k
- Read Hyundai LimitedRev. £20.8m · Profit £72.6k
- Read Hyundai Doncaster LimitedRev. £17.8m · Profit £11.5k
- Read Automotive Grimsby LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Hyundai Boston LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Hyundai Kings Lynn LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Hyundai Worksop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Used Car Sales 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 £278k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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