Checkmate Automotive Ltd
Registered name: CHECKMATE AUTOMOTIVE LTD
Checkmate Automotive Ltd made £46.5k revenue and £3.5k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Checkmate Automotive Ltd’s revenue fell 23% to £46.5k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £3.5k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Kettering; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.2k | £60.5k | £46.5k |
| Cost of sales | £23.8k | £47.5k | £27.1k |
| Gross profit | £7.4k | £13k | £19.3k |
| Operating profit | £322 | £6.6k | £3.5k |
| Profit before tax | £322 | £6.6k | £3.5k |
| Profit after tax | £322 | £6.6k | £3.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £322 | £6.6k | £3.5k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | 11% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.7% | 21.5% | 41.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.2k | £60.5k | £46.5k |
| Profit per employee | £322 | £6.6k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲93.5% | ▼23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1958% | ▼47.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.4k | £345 | £7.5k |
| Net assets | £320 | £6.9k | £10.4k |
| Current assets | — | £345 | £13.5k |
| Deferred income | £1.4k | £840 | £840 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- 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
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲50%
- Now £10.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▲2073%
- Now £7.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £840
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £3.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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