Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited
Registered name: ARNOLD CLARK AUTOMOBILES LIMITED
Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited made £5.6bn revenue and £79.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £5.6bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £79.4m profit and 11,743 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5bn | £5.2bn | £5.6bn |
| Cost of sales | −£4.2bn | −£4.3bn | −£4.7bn |
| Gross profit | £791m | £843m | £874m |
| Operating profit | £149m | £156m | £149m |
| Profit before tax | £116m | £121m | £113m |
| Profit after tax | £85m | £84.9m | £79.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £85m | £84.9m | £79.4m |
| Employees (average) | 11,694 | 11,586 | 11,743 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 16.4% | 15.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £425k | £445k | £473k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £7.3k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼6.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £473k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 11,743
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (12)
- 454 (Bearsden) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Arnold Clark Charge LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arnold Clark Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arnold Clark Finance Limited.Figures not disclosed
- Arnold Clark Insurance Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arnold Clark Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arnold Clark Vehicle Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Assure Alarms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bumblebee Ev LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Central Car Auctions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GTG Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Id Computer Software LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Jagc Holdings 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £79.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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