Agricar Limited
Registered name: AGRICAR LIMITED
Agricar Limited made £35.8m revenue and £255k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Agricar Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £35.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £255k profit and 108 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in By Forfar; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- By Forfar, Scotland
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 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) | £33.9m | £37.5m | £42.6m | £35.8m |
| Cost of sales | £28.9m | £32m | £36.2m | £29.7m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.5m | £6.4m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £341k | £759k | £1m | £676k |
| Profit before tax | £180k | £343k | £492k | £344k |
| Profit after tax | £176k | £183k | £375k | £255k |
| Profit (best available) | £176k | £183k | £375k | £255k |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £4.1m | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 115 | 111 | 108 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £295k | £326k | £384k | £331k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £1.6k | £3.4k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | 157.3% | 69.9% | −201.7% | −118.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲13.7% | ▼16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▲105.1% | ▼31.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼3.5% | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | −£628k | −£901k | — | — |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | — | £16.9m | £12.9m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.7m | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £575k | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £536k | £531k | −£2.1m | −£804k |
| 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
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £331k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −118.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- 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 £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 108
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £5.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ness Plant LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £255k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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