Leeds Commercial Limited
Registered name: LEEDS COMMERCIAL LIMITED
Leeds Commercial Limited made £42.2m revenue and £5.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Leeds Commercial Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £42.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £5.4m profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £39.6m | £41.6m | £41.4m | £42.2m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £22.1m | £25m | £27.2m |
| Gross profit | £19.4m | £19.5m | £16.4m | £14.9m |
| Operating profit | £14m | £13.9m | £10.8m | £9.2m |
| Profit before tax | £13m | £11.9m | £8.7m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £10.2m | £9.1m | £6.5m | £5.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £10.2m | £9.1m | £6.5m | £5.4m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £8m | £8.5m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 140 | 147 | 158 | 154 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 25.7% | 21.9% | 15.7% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | 46.8% | 39.7% | 35.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £283k | £283k | £262k | £274k |
| Profit per employee | £72.7k | £61.9k | £41.1k | £35k |
| Cash conversion | −165.8% | −172.8% | −211.6% | −232.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▼0.3% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼28.7% | ▼16.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲7.5% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.6m | £5.4m | £12m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £40.6m | £48.7m | £52.2m | £55m |
| Fixed assets | £81m | £86.1m | £4.8k | — |
| Current assets | £15.7m | £13.3m | £19m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £5.2m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£23.2m | −£23.9m | −£22.9m | −£21.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £274k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −232.8%
- 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
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £55m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £5.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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