Oakley Coachbuilders Limited
Registered name: OAKLEY COACHBUILDERS LIMITED
Oakley Coachbuilders Limited made £24.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Oakley Coachbuilders Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.4m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Woodford Green; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodford Green, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.9m | £21.9m | £22.3m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.3m | £19.6m | £20.8m | £20.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.3m | £1.5m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £650k | £302k | −£479k | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £614k | £254k | −£526k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £649k | £172k | −£465k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £649k | £172k | −£465k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 85 | 97 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 0.8% | −2.1% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 13% | 10.5% | 6.8% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £257k | £230k | £245k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £2k | −£4.8k | £13.9k |
| Cash conversion | −127% | 131.8% | — | −20.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▲2.1% | ▲8.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.5% | ▼370.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲14.1% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.4m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6m | £6.2m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £531k | £564k | £840k | £837k |
| Deferred income | £82.4k | £699k | £378k | £400k |
| Cash from operations | −£826k | £398k | −£52.5k | −£404k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £245k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −20.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▲102%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £400k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £1.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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