Ocean Automotive (Swedish) Limited
Registered name: OCEAN AUTOMOTIVE (SWEDISH) LIMITED
Part of Van Mossel Automotive Group UK Limited groupOcean 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 46 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Van Mossel Automotive Group UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ocean Automotive (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Ocean Automotive (Swedish) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ocean Automotive LimitedRev. £135m · Profit £317k
- Ocean Automotive (Bodyshops) 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 2025 (profit £324k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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