Webuybrokenvans Ltd
Registered name: WEBUYBROKENVANS LTD
Part of LDSH Holdings Ltd groupWebuybrokenvans Ltd made £14.9m revenue and £89.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Webuybrokenvans Ltd’s revenue fell 15% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £89.4k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Hollywood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hollywood, West Midlands
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £17.5m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £11.4m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £955k | £148k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £923k | £116k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £682k | £89.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £682k | £89.4k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 46 | 62 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.9% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34.6% | 37% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £282k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £11k | £1.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −138.3% | −108.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼86.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲187.5% | ▲34.8% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £439k | £773k | £1.4m | £605k |
| Net assets | £991k | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £254k | £704k | £680k | £678k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £2m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £382k | £268k | £81.9k | £166k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.3m | −£162k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −108.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £605k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £678k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LDSH Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Webuybrokenvans Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Cheap Vans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vanstation LtdFigures not disclosed
- Webuyvans 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 Aug 2025 (profit £89.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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