Wimbledon Carriage Company Limited
Registered name: WIMBLEDON CARRIAGE COMPANY LIMITED
Wimbledon Carriage Company Limited made £12.2m revenue and £579k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Wimbledon Carriage Company Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £579k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Leatherhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leatherhead, London
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £12.9m | £12m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £11.7m | £10.8m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £292k | £348k | £350k | £323k |
| Profit before tax | £417k | £325k | £421k | £777k |
| Profit after tax | £336k | £158k | £315k | £579k |
| Profit (best available) | £336k | £158k | £315k | £579k |
| Staff costs | £370k | £356k | £330k | £328k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 8.3% | 9.2% | 10% | 8.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £47.9k | £22.6k | £39.3k | £82.7k |
| Cash conversion | 119.8% | −227.4% | 54.1% | −264% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.2% | ▼6.6% | ▲1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52.8% | ▲98.7% | ▲84% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲14.3% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £818k | £1.3m | £821k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £7m | £6.9m | £7.1m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £174k | £142k | £194k | £243k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £31.1k | £31.9k |
| Cash from operations | £350k | −£792k | £189k | −£853k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £82.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −264%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.4%
- 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
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £31.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £4.1m
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 Jan 2025 (profit £579k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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