Roadside (Garages) Limited
Registered name: ROADSIDE (GARAGES) LIMITED
Roadside (Garages) Limited made £19.1m revenue and £127k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Roadside (Garages) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £19.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £127k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Co.londonderry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co.londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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: “D Boyd, director and shareholder of the company, is the ultimate controlling party.”
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) | £15.5m | £16.3m | £19.9m | £19.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £15.3m | £18.9m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £949k | £1m | £1m | £976k |
| Operating profit | £386k | £367k | £396k | £336k |
| Profit before tax | £298k | £208k | £195k | £177k |
| Profit after tax | £225k | £151k | £136k | £127k |
| Profit (best available) | £225k | £151k | £136k | £127k |
| Staff costs | £616k | £637k | £678k | £787k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 24 | 23 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £646k | £681k | £867k | £659k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | £6.3k | £5.9k | £4.4k |
| Cash conversion | −6.5% | −79.4% | −107.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲21.9% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.1% | ▼9.7% | ▼6.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼4.2% | ▲26.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £99k | £100 | £361k | £359k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £118k | £197k | £128k | £186k |
| Deferred income | £90.9k | £69.9k | £42.1k | £82.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£25k | −£291k | −£425k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £659k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £359k
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▲96%
- Now £82.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.5m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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