Sutton Park Motor Company Limited
Registered name: SUTTON PARK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
Sutton Park Motor Company Limited made £146m revenue and £241k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sutton Park Motor Company Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £146m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £241k profit and 163 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Staffordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staffordshire, East Midlands
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £116m | £146m | £149m | £146m |
| Cost of sales | £111m | £141m | £144m | £142m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5m | £5.1m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £902k | £541k | £540k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £670k | £251k | £281k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £479k | £122k | £241k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £479k | £122k | £241k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £5.7m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 143 | 153 | 163 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 4.6% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £849k | £1m | £976k | £898k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £3.3k | £798 | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.6% | ▲2.3% | ▼2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.7% | ▼74.5% | ▲97.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲7% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £566k | £3.1k | £2.6k | £3.8k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £205k | £708k | £871k | £797k |
| Current assets | £14m | £19.5m | £25m | £28.7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £230k | £277k | £293k | £457k |
| 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
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £898k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £3.8k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 163
- Deferred income
- ▲56%
- Now £457k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £797k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £241k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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