Chapel House Motor Co Ltd
Registered name: CHAPEL HOUSE MOTOR CO LTD
Part of Chapel House Holdings Ltd groupChapel House Motor Co Ltd made £110m revenue and £647k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Chapel House Motor Co Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £110m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £647k profit and 201 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Southport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southport, North West
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is Chapel House Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales with the registered office of 603 Liverpool Road, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3NG, and ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £95.1m | £113m | £118m | £110m |
| Cost of sales | £79.8m | £98.2m | £105m | £95.7m |
| Gross profit | £15.3m | £14.7m | £13.5m | £13.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £2m | £742k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £2m | −£4.5k | £832k |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £1.6m | −£14k | £647k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £1.6m | −£14k | £647k |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.7m | £6.8m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 217 | 225 | 225 | 201 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 1.4% | 0% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 13.1% | 11.4% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £438k | £502k | £524k | £545k |
| Profit per employee | £14.1k | £7k | −£62 | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲4.5% | ▼7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.1% | ▼100.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | 0% | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.4m | £869k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.9m | £5.9m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £308k | £278k | £245k | £531k |
| Current assets | £13.1m | £15.5m | £13.3m | £16.8m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £261k | £327k | £275k | £436k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £545k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- 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
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲104%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 201
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £436k
- Fixed assets
- ▲117%
- Now £531k
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
- Chapel House Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Chapel House Motor Co Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Chapel House Southport 603 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chapel House Southport LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £647k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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