B.G. Automotive Limited
Registered name: B.G. AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
B.G. Automotive Limited made £70m revenue and £7.1m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
B.G. Automotive Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £70m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £7.1m profit and 190 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- 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 company is a subsidiary of 4BG Group Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.9m | £50.3m | £63.2m | £70m |
| Cost of sales | £24.8m | £32.3m | £41.5m | £45m |
| Gross profit | £12.1m | £17.9m | £21.7m | £25m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £4.6m | £7.1m | £9.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £4.6m | £7.1m | £9.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £3.5m | £5.3m | £7.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £3.5m | £5.3m | £7.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £8.8m | £9.9m | £9.3m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 139 | 149 | 190 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 6.9% | 8.4% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 35.6% | 34.4% | 35.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £362k | £424k | £369k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £25k | £35.7k | £37.5k |
| Cash conversion | 57.7% | 6.4% | 72.1% | 92.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▲25.7% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲186.3% | ▲53.1% | ▲33.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲7.2% | ▲27.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £3.1m | £6.5m | £10.1m |
| Net assets | £12.4m | £15.9m | £21.2m | £26.3m |
| Fixed assets | £568k | £495k | £467k | £473k |
| Current assets | £21.8m | £27.7m | £34.9m | £39m |
| Debtors | £9.9m | £13m | £15.3m | £16.2m |
| Deferred income | £5.3m | £7.2m | £7.9m | £5.8m |
| Cash from operations | £874k | £295k | £5.1m | £8.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £369k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 92.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £26.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲54%
- Now £10.1m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 190
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £5.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £473k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- 4 BG Group Ltd 25–50%
- British Gaskets Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- G B Tyres (UK) LtdWest Bromwich · Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- Revenue
- £68.6m
- Profit
- £715k
- Staff
- 87
- L. Bennett & Son LimitedWelwyn Garden City · Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- Revenue
- £64.1m
- Profit
- £4.1m
- Staff
- 520
- Southern Tyre Co LimitedLower Dicker Hailsham · Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- Revenue
- £62.8m
- Profit
- £1.8m
- Staff
- 352
- Kirkby(Tyres)limitedLiverpool · Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- Revenue
- £62.7m
- Profit
- £798k
- Staff
- 96
- General Traffic LimitedBolton · Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- Revenue
- £78.7m
- Profit
- £7.6m
- Staff
- 749
- Ferdinand Bilstein UK LimitedChesterfield · Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
- Revenue
- £110m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- 354
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £7.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.