Bassetts (Wales) Ltd
Registered name: BASSETTS (WALES) LTD
Part of Bassett Property Holdings Ltd groupBassetts (Wales) Ltd made £32.4m revenue and £283k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bassetts (Wales) Ltd’s revenue grew 34% to £32.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £283k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Swansea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swansea, Wales
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company Bassett Property Holdings Limited, a 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.3m | £25.1m | £24.2m | £32.4m |
| Cost of sales | £20.9m | £23m | £22.3m | £29.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £54.9k | £1.6m | −£714k | £284k |
| Profit before tax | £54.9k | £1.6m | −£715k | £283k |
| Profit after tax | £54.9k | £1.6m | −£676k | £283k |
| Profit (best available) | £54.9k | £1.6m | −£676k | £283k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 6.3% | −2.8% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 10.1% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £568k | £584k | £564k | £753k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £36.9k | −£15.7k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼3.5% | ▲33.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2793% | ▼142.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.8k | £1.9k | £9.4k | £93.4k |
| Net assets | £925k | £2.5m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £355k | £406k | £550k | £656k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4m | £5.3m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £466k | £541k | £742k | £521k |
| Deferred income | £128k | £91.8k | £269k | £223k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £753k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲897%
- Now £93.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £223k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £656k
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
- Bassett Property Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bassetts (Wales) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bassetts (South Wales) LtdRev. £48.4m · Profit £707k
- Arthur Bassett & Co. LimitedRev. £47.4m · Profit −£290k
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 2025 (profit £283k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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