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Company No. 09379825 · Incorporated 8 Jan 2015

Ocean Automotive (Swedish) Limited

Registered name: OCEAN AUTOMOTIVE (SWEDISH) LIMITED

Part of Van Mossel Automotive Group UK Limited group

Ocean Automotive (Swedish) Limited made £31.2m revenue and £324k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Ocean Automotive (Swedish) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £31.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £324k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Poole; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Poole, South West
Age
11 yrs · since 2015
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 immediate parent company is Ocean Automotive (Holdings) Limited, which owns 100% of the issued share capital of the Company.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£31.2m
Growth ▲9%
Profit
£324k
Growth ▲67.2%
Profit margin
1%
Gross 10.4%
Employees
42
Change ▼8.7%
Profit / employee
£7.7k
Revenue/employee £742k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£28.6m£31.2m
Cost of sales£25.6m£27.9m
Gross profit£3m£3.2m
Operating profit£419k£617k
Profit before tax£223k£432k
Profit after tax£194k£324k
Profit (best available)£194k£324k
Staff costs£1.6m£1.7m
Employees (average)4642
Ratios
Profit margin0.7%1%
Gross margin10.4%10.4%
Revenue per employee£622k£742k
Profit per employee£4.2k£7.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲9%
Profit growth—▲67.2%
Headcount growth—▼8.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£177k£271k
Net assets−£889k−£565k
Fixed assets£203k£191k
Current assets£2.9m£3.5m
Debtors£192k£137k
Deferred income£90k£52.8k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
10.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£742k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 −£565k
Cash at bank
▲53%
Now £271k
Headcount
▼9%
Now 42
Deferred income
▼41%
Now £52.8k
Fixed assets
▼6%
Now £191k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Van Mossel Automotive Group UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ocean Automotive (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  3. Ocean Automotive (Swedish) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

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 £324k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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