The Car Group Ltd
Registered name: THE CAR GROUP LTD
Part of Titan Holdings Corporation Ltd groupThe Car Group Ltd made £33m revenue and £53.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022. read from filing text
The Car Group Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £33m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £53.6k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Bolton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36m | £33m |
| Cost of sales | £31.6m | £28.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £225k | £50.4k |
| Profit after tax | £222k | £53.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £222k | £53.6k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 12% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £529k | £500k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £813 |
| Cash conversion | −192.4% | −140.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £522k | £199k |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £14.9m | £21.1m |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £186k | £99k |
| Deferred income | £83.1k | £472k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.8m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £500k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £813
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −140.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼62%
- Now £199k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲468%
- Now £472k
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £21.1m
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
- Titan Holdings Corporation Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Car Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Carazon LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sell Your Car in 60 Seconds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The North Thread LtdFigures 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 2022 (profit £53.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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