Roadside Motors Limited
Registered name: ROADSIDE MOTORS LIMITED
Roadside Motors Limited made £71.6m revenue and £38.8k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Roadside Motors Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £71.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £38.8k profit and 125 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Craigavon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £65.5m | £73.5m | £71.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£62.5m | −£71m | −£68.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £851k | £324k | £389k |
| Profit before tax | £644k | £45.4k | £103k |
| Profit after tax | £476k | £93.7k | £38.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £476k | £93.7k | £38.8k |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 125 | 125 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.6% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £533k | £588k | £573k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £749 | £310 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼80.3% | ▼58.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £573k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £310
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- Roadside Motors (Lurgan) LimitedRev. £15m · Profit £20.1k
- Roadside Motors (Moneymore) LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit £169k
- Agriculture Vehicle Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brook Garage (Coleraine) Limited - theFigures not disclosed
- Edwin May (Ballymena) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Edwin May,limitedFigures not disclosed
- Roadside Motors (Coleraine) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £38.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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