Carsa Limited
Registered name: CARSA LIMITED
Part of Carsa Holdings Limited groupCarsa Limited made £220m revenue and a £380k loss in the year to 30 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Carsa Limited’s revenue grew 79% to £220m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with a loss of £380k and 243 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Eastleigh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastleigh, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.9m | £86.1m | £123m | £220m |
| Cost of sales | £60.3m | £84m | £117m | £209m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.1m | £5.8m | £11.1m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£1.2m | £916k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7m | −£1.8m | −£142k | −£693k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£1.3m | −£32.5k | −£380k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£1.3m | −£32.5k | −£380k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.6m | £5m | £8.9m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 108 | 151 | 243 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | −1.5% | 0% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 2.6% | 2.5% | 4.7% | 5.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £924k | £798k | £815k | £907k |
| Profit per employee | −£17.9k | −£11.9k | −£215 | −£1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲42.9% | ▲79% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲39.8% | ▲60.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £3.5m | £8.2m | £6m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.9m | £370k | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £643k | £825k | — | — |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £16.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £596k | £434k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £189k | £255k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £5.9m | −£1.3m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £907k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.6k
- 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
- ▲358%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▲61%
- Now 243
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Carsa Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Carsa Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit −£380k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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