Scania (Great Britain) Limited
Registered name: SCANIA (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED
Part of Scania Sales And Services Aktiebolag groupScania (Great Britain) Limited made £1.1bn revenue and £64.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scania (Great Britain) Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £64.2m profit and 1,691 employees. The company is classified under “sale of other motor vehicles” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £1.3bn | £1.3bn | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1bn | −£1bn | −£906m |
| Gross profit | £225m | £222m | £216m |
| Operating profit | £106m | £93.6m | £80.7m |
| Profit before tax | £116m | £108m | £87.2m |
| Profit after tax | £91.3m | £79.8m | £64.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £91.3m | £79.8m | £64.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,682 | 1,705 | 1,691 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 6.3% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 17% | 17.5% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £786k | £745k | £663k |
| Profit per employee | £54.3k | £46.8k | £38k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.6% | ▼19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £663k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38k
- 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 1,691
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Scania Sales And Services Aktiebolag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Scania (Great Britain) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- Cheshire 3 Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £4.7m
- Reliable Vehicles LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scania Bus and Coach UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scania Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scanlink LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scantruck LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southway Scania LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Truckeast Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £3.3m
- Union Trucks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Westrucks LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £64.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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