Blackshaw's Garage (Alnwick) Limited
Registered name: BLACKSHAW'S GARAGE (ALNWICK) LIMITED
Blackshaw's Garage (Alnwick) Limited made £19.2m revenue and £36.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Blackshaw's Garage (Alnwick) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £36.8k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Alnwick; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alnwick, North East
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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) | £17.5m | £21.2m | £19.9m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £16.4m | £19.8m | £18.7m | £17.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £274k | £414k | £149k | £175k |
| Profit before tax | £205k | £294k | £15.6k | £56.1k |
| Profit after tax | £165k | £217k | £4.6k | £36.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £165k | £217k | £4.6k | £36.8k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 53 | 54 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1% | 0% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 6.5% | 5.9% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £400k | £368k | £361k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £4.1k | £85 | £694 |
| Cash conversion | −19% | −96.6% | −254.5% | −127.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% | ▼6.2% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32% | ▼97.9% | ▲704.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲1.9% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £281k | £244k | £191k | £192k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £240k | £146k | £209k | £224k |
| Deferred income | £272k | £315k | £217k | £231k |
| Cash from operations | −£52k | −£400k | −£380k | −£223k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £361k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £694
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −127.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £192k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £231k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £2.4m
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 £36.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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