Endeavour Automotive Ltd
Registered name: ENDEAVOUR AUTOMOTIVE LTD
Endeavour Automotive Ltd made £277m revenue and £111k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Endeavour Automotive Ltd’s revenue grew 16% to £277m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £111k profit and 436 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £269m | £238m | £277m |
| Cost of sales | −£236m | −£205m | −£238m |
| Gross profit | £33.5m | £33.6m | £39m |
| Operating profit | £5.5m | £3.1m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £256k | £222k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £75.2k | £111k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £75.2k | £111k |
| Employees (average) | 404 | 412 | 436 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 12.4% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £666k | £578k | £636k |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | £183 | £254 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▲16.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼96.7% | ▲47% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2% | ▲5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £636k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £254
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 436
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Regent Automotive Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vernon Haddock Cars LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £111k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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