Jack Reid Cars Limited
Registered name: JACK REID CARS LIMITED
Jack Reid Cars Limited made £16m revenue and £922k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Jack Reid Cars Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £16m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £922k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Carrickfergus; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.7m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £505k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £545k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £382k | £922k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £382k | £922k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £805k | £648k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 21 | 24 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.8% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 12.6% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £570k | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £15.9k | £71k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 89.8% | 93.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲16.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲141.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% | ▲14.3% | ▼45.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5m | £5.4m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £479k | £476k | £898k | £1m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.6m | £5.4m | £6m |
| Debtors | £78.6k | £41.7k | £37.3k | £87.7k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £264k | £10k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £453k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £71k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 93.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼46%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▼96%
- Now £10k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £922k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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