Drive Holdings 2015 Limited
Registered name: DRIVE HOLDINGS 2015 LIMITED
Drive Holdings 2015 Limited made £377m revenue and £929k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Drive Holdings 2015 Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £377m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £929k profit. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Leicestershire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicestershire, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £351m | £377m |
| Cost of sales | £235m | £320m | −£296m | −£319m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £54.7m | £58.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3.2m | £5.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £37k | −£166k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £1.9m | −£519k | £929k |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £1.9m | −£519k | £929k |
| Staff costs | £921k | £1.1m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.1% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 15.6% | 15.5% |
| Profit per employee | £1.5m | £968k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.8% | ▼126.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £582k | £0 | — | — |
| Net assets | £24.1m | £25m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £18.1m | £23.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £841k | £1.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £120k | £243k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Drive Investments 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 £929k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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