Automotive Distribution Centre Limited
Registered name: AUTOMOTIVE DISTRIBUTION CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Motus Holdings (UK) Limited groupAutomotive Distribution Centre Limited made £56.7m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Automotive Distribution Centre Limited’s revenue grew 283% to £56.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.3m profit. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Leighton Buzzard; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, East of England
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.8m | £56.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£10.7m | −£37.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.1m | £19.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £904k | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £906k | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £556k | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £556k | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 34 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.8% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 27.9% | 33.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲282.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲305.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £546k | £2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £51.3k | £105k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £237k | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £847k | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.9%
- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Motus Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Motor Parts Direct (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Automotive Distribution Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Motor Parts Direct LimitedRev. £231m · Profit £24.1m
- C P Diesel LimitedRev. — · Profit −£9.7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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