Regal Vehicle Rentals Limited
Registered name: REGAL VEHICLE RENTALS LIMITED
Regal Vehicle Rentals Limited made £2.6m revenue and £216k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Regal Vehicle Rentals Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £216k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £923k | £1m | £972k | £680k |
| Profit before tax | £292k | £299k | £218k | £216k |
| Profit after tax | £297k | £235k | £115k | £216k |
| Profit (best available) | £297k | £235k | £115k | £216k |
| Staff costs | £550k | £502k | £546k | £582k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 31 | 27 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | 8.7% | 4.2% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 37.6% | 35.5% | 26.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.8k | £86.8k | £101k | £91.5k |
| Profit per employee | £8k | £7.6k | £4.3k | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲1.8% | ▼6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.9% | ▼50.9% | ▲87.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.2% | ▼12.9% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £182k | £230k | £328k | £73.6k |
| Net assets | £321k | £450k | £453k | £557k |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £5m | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £634k | £671k | £730k | £834k |
| Debtors | £272k | £312k | £284k | £323k |
| Deferred income | £48.2k | £53.3k | £24.1k | £23.2k |
| Cash from operations | −£631k | −£625k | −£1.4m | £690k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 151.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £557k
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £73.6k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £23.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £3.9m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £216k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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