Abvr Holdings Limited
Registered name: ABVR HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Cag Crux 1 Limited groupAbvr Holdings Limited made £97.3m revenue and a £26.9m loss in the year to 24 Aug 2025.
Abvr Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £97.3m in the year to 24 Aug 2025, with a loss of £26.9m and 475 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Hook; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hook, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
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 | 24 Aug 2024 | 24 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84m | £97.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£65.6m | −£72.3m |
| Gross profit | £18.5m | £25m |
| Operating profit | £9.2m | −£28.2m |
| Profit before tax | £6m | −£28.5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | −£26.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | −£26.9m |
| Employees (average) | 487 | 475 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | −27.7% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 25.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | −£56.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼700.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£56.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 475
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cag Crux 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Constellation Automotive Group Limited75–100%
- Cag Crux 2 Limited75–100%
- Cag Crux 3 Limited75–100%
- Constellation Automotive Limited75–100%
- Bca Central Limited75–100%
- Bca Holdings Limited75–100%
- Bca Group Europe Limited75–100%
- The British Car Auction Group Limited75–100%
- Bca Trading Limited75–100%
- Abvr Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Abvr Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (12)
- Bca Automotive LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bca Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bca Outsource Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bca Remarketing Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bca Vehicle Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- British Car Auctions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Life on Show LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Magna Motors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Motor Auctions (Properties) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scottish Motor Auctions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TF1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tradeouts 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 24 Aug 2025 (profit −£26.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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