Exhaust Tyres and Batteries (Worcester) Limited
Registered name: EXHAUST TYRES AND BATTERIES (WORCESTER) LIMITED
Part of Oak Group Holdings Limited groupExhaust Tyres and Batteries (Worcester) Limited made £75.3m revenue and £546k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Exhaust Tyres and Batteries (Worcester) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £75.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £546k profit and 507 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Worcester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcester, West Midlands
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1980
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £64.2m | £69.4m | £75.3m |
| Cost of sales | £42.6m | £41.4m | £43.2m |
| Gross profit | £21.5m | £28m | £32.1m |
| Operating profit | £82.9k | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£71.6k | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£368k | £934k | £546k |
| Profit (best available) | −£368k | £934k | £546k |
| Staff costs | £11.9m | £14.5m | £18m |
| Employees (average) | 390 | 451 | 507 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | 1.4% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 40.3% | 42.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £154k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | −£945 | £2.1k | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼41.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.6% | ▲12.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £1.6m | £656k |
| Net assets | £11.7m | £12.6m | £13.1m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £10.6m | £10.3m |
| Current assets | £21.4m | £18m | £21.9m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £4.7m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £789k | £570k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £13.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £656k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 507
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £570k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £10.3m
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
- Oak Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Oak Tyres UK Limited75–100%
- Exhaust Tyres and Batteries (Worcester) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ostles (Scotland) LtdRev. — · Profit £174k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £546k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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