Supertune Automotive Ltd.
Registered name: SUPERTUNE AUTOMOTIVE LTD.
Part of Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited groupSupertune Automotive Ltd. made £25.7m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Supertune Automotive Ltd.’s revenue grew 4% to £25.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2m profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Oldham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “For the whole of the previous year and until 14 August 2024 the company was controlled by McCarthy Shanks Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. McCarthy Shanks Limited was controlled b”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £19.1m | £22.2m | £24.7m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £15.4m | £17.4m | £17.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £6.8m | £7.3m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 89 | 96 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 8.8% | 7.3% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 30.5% | 29.4% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £224k | £249k | £257k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | £19.5k | £22k | £18.7k | £20.5k |
| Cash conversion | −41.1% | −115.2% | −107.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲11.4% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▼8.2% | ▲10.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲7.9% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £886k | £2.1m | £3.4m | £3m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.7m | £9.2m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £727k | £992k | £968k | £943k |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £11.6m | £13.3m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £4.7m | £4.8m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £492k | £448k | £542k | £674k |
| Cash from operations | −£856k | −£2.8m | −£2.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▲24%
- Now £674k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £943k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Supertune Automotive Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McCarthy Shanks Limited75–100%
- Supertune Automotive Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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