Read Hyundai Doncaster Limited
Registered name: READ HYUNDAI DONCASTER LIMITED
Part of Read Motor Group Limited groupRead Hyundai Doncaster Limited made £17.8m revenue and £11.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Read Hyundai Doncaster Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £11.5k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Worksop; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worksop, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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: “Read Motor Group Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.3m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £15.9m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £225k | £211k |
| Profit before tax | — | £70.2k | £27k |
| Profit after tax | — | £44k | £11.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £44k | £11.5k |
| Staff costs | — | £623k | £605k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 7.9% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £863k | £891k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.2k | £574 |
| Cash conversion | — | 154.6% | 151.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼73.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £102k | £94.5k | £9.9k |
| Net assets | £351k | £385k | £382k |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £3.6m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £99.8k | £405k | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | £348k | £319k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £891k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £574
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 151.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £382k
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £9.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Read Motor Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Read Hyundai Doncaster Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Read Derby LimitedRev. £29m · Profit −£240k
- Read Burton LimitedLiquidationRev. £24.2m · Profit −£687k
- Read Hyundai LimitedRev. £20.8m · Profit £72.6k
- Read Hyundai Lincoln LimitedRev. £19.5m · Profit £278k
- Read Automotive Grimsby LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Hyundai Boston LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Hyundai Kings Lynn LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Hyundai Worksop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Read Used Car Sales 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 2024 (profit £11.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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