Car Trading Group Ltd
Registered name: CAR TRADING GROUP LTD
Car Trading Group Ltd made £2.5m revenue and £158k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Car Trading Group Ltd’s revenue was £2.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £158k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Lincoln, East Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £326k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £206k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £158k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £158k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £158k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 13.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £3.1k | £9.2k |
| Net assets | £11.2k | £9.4k | £118k |
| Fixed assets | £16.8k | £19.2k | £67.4k |
| Current assets | £4.3k | £5.2k | £248k |
| Debtors | — | £25.1k | £26.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.1%
- 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
- 2.7%
- 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
- ▲1154%
- Now £118k
- Cash at bank
- ▲194%
- Now £9.2k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲250%
- Now £67.4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £158k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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