Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd
Registered name: ELECTRA COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LTD
Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd made £4.4m revenue and a £2.3m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd’s revenue fell 55% to £4.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £2.3m and 56 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of motor vehicles” and is based in Brighouse; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighouse, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £551k |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £971k | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £848k | −£2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £848k | −£2.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | −53.1% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 12.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £78.6k |
| Profit per employee | £15.4k | −£41.8k |
| Cash conversion | −68.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼54.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼375.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £227k |
| Net assets | −£494k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £14.5m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £695k | £250k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£771k | £276k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −53.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£41.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 89.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 41.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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 £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £227k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲63%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲62%
- Now £3.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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