Ken Brown Motor Group Limited
Registered name: KEN BROWN MOTOR GROUP LIMITED
Ken Brown Motor Group Limited made £53m revenue and £630k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ken Brown Motor Group Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £53m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £630k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Harlow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harlow, East of England
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.5m | £67.4m | £53m |
| Cost of sales | £23.1m | £65.6m | £51.7m |
| Gross profit | £471k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £171k | £607k | £476k |
| Profit before tax | £49k | £282k | £249k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £365k | £630k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £365k | £630k |
| Staff costs | £861k | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 87 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 2% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £280k | £774k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £23.9k | £4.2k | £12.9k |
| Cash conversion | 367.9% | 207.2% | 168% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼21.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲72.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼43.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £42.4k | £39.7k | £631k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £5.6m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £6.2m | £6.2m |
| Cash from operations | £627k | £1.3m | £800k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 168%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1490%
- Now £631k
- Headcount
- ▼44%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £5.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Safeway Cars LimitedRev. £53m · Profit £397k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £630k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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