Mullan Auto-Sales Limited
Registered name: MULLAN AUTO-SALES LIMITED
Part of Mullan Group Ltd groupMullan Auto-Sales Limited made £17.8m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Mullan Auto-Sales Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used 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
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £22.5m | £20.7m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £19.7m | £18.2m | £15.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £3.2m | £2.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £313k | £430k | £565k | £644k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 10.7% | 9% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 12.6% | 12.1% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £991k |
| Profit per employee | £135k | £172k | £124k | £64k |
| Cash conversion | −88.1% | −26.4% | −74.5% | −91.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲44.3% | ▼8.2% | ▼13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.7% | ▼22.9% | ▼38% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲7.1% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £10.7m | £13m | £14.5m | £15.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.1m | £5.6m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £10.1m | £11.2m | £11.8m |
| Debtors | £200k | £1.5m | £238k | £421k |
| Deferred income | £5.5k | £9k | £9k | £17.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£714k | −£1.7m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £991k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −91.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £15.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▲98%
- Now £17.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £6.2m
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
- Mullan Group Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Mullan Auto-Sales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fields View Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Mullan Holdings (Liverpool) LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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