Hedin Automotive London Ltd
Registered name: HEDIN AUTOMOTIVE LONDON LTD
Part of Hedin Automotive Ltd groupHedin Automotive London Ltd made £160m revenue and a £2.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hedin Automotive London Ltd’s revenue was £160m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.3m and 371 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Weybridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weybridge, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 ultimate parent company was Hedin Mobility Group AB. The ultimate UK parent company is Hedin Automotive Ltd. The ultimate controlling party is considered to be A Hedin by virtue of his majority vo”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £0 | £127m | £161m | £160m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £106m | £130m | £131m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £21.4m | £31.1m | £29.5m |
| Operating profit | £0 | −£4.2m | −£766k | −£147k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£5.2m | −£2.7m | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | −£4.8m | −£2.7m | −£2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | −£4.8m | −£2.7m | −£2.3m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £15.7m | £20.5m | £19m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 379 | 391 | 371 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −3.8% | −1.7% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.8% | 19.4% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £335k | £411k | £432k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£12.7k | −£6.9k | −£6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲26.5% | ▼0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲3.2% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1.1m | £153k | £76.3k |
| Net assets | £1 | £5.2m | £2.5m | £198k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £17.6m | £16m | £13.9m |
| Current assets | £1 | £28.3m | £25.2m | £19.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £4.5m | £3.6m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £432k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▼92%
- Now £198k
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £76.3k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 371
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £13.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hedin Automotive Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Hedin Automotive London Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Stephen James Alliance LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- RRT (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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