Activate Accident Repair Group Limited
Registered name: ACTIVATE ACCIDENT REPAIR GROUP LIMITED
Part of Elysian Capital LLP groupActivate Accident Repair Group Limited made £54.5m revenue and a £535k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Activate Accident Repair Group Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £54.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £535k and 420 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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: “The company's parent company is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.1m | £42.5m | £42.8m | £54.5m |
| Cost of sales | £20.2m | £25.8m | −£23.3m | −£31.5m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £16.8m | £19.5m | £22.9m |
| Operating profit | −£432k | £1.8m | £831k | −£882k |
| Profit before tax | −£525k | £1.6m | £688k | −£941k |
| Profit after tax | −£525k | £1.6m | £199k | −£535k |
| Profit (best available) | −£525k | £1.6m | £199k | −£535k |
| Staff costs | £10.4m | £13.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 235 | 298 | 346 | 420 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 3.7% | 0.5% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 39.5% | 45.5% | 42.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £132k | £143k | £124k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.2k | £5.3k | £574 | −£1.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −153.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37% | ▲0.6% | ▲27.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼87.5% | ▼369.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.8% | ▲16.1% | ▲21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £577k | £581k | — | — |
| Net assets | −£1.4m | £230k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £6.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £30.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £640k | £582k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £3.1m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£463k | −£2.8m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now 420
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elysian Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Elysian Capital GP III (Scotland) Limited50–75%
- Elysian Capital GP III LLP75–100%
- Activate Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Silvact Midco Limited75–100%
- Silvact Bidco Limited75–100%
- Activate Accident Repair Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Activate Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.3m
- Avant Consult LtdFigures not disclosed
- Fleetscout LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Onyx Repair Innovations 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£535k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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