Sparks Commercial Services Limited
Registered name: SPARKS COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Sparks Commercial Holdings Limited groupSparks Commercial Services Limited made £18.5m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sparks Commercial Services Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £18.5m in the year to 30 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 parent company of Sparks Commercial Services Limited is Sparks Commercial Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office of the parent company is Spark House, N”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 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) | £16.8m | £23.8m | £20.9m | £18.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.8m | £20.4m | £17.7m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £863k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £863k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 48 | 58 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 11.5% | 14.4% | 15.6% | 17.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £399k | £496k | £361k | £318k |
| Profit per employee | £20.6k | £25.8k | £18.4k | £21.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42% | ▼12% | ▼11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.7% | ▼14% | ▲15.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲20.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.1m | £576k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £3.2m | £1.7m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £212k | £574k | £506k | £538k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.3m | £3.7m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £954k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £302k | £530k | £0 | £165k |
| 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
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▲72%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲102%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £165k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £538k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sparks Commercial Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sparks Commercial Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Complete LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newman Investment Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sparks Commercials Exeter LimitedRev. — · Profit £196k
- Sparks Commercials Poole LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sparks Commercials Portsmouth LimitedRev. — · Profit £411k
- Sparks Commercials Swindon LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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