Clarks Vehicle Conversions Limited
Registered name: CLARKS VEHICLE CONVERSIONS LIMITED
Part of Darren Lord Ltd groupClarks Vehicle Conversions Limited made £13.2m revenue and £661k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Clarks Vehicle Conversions Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £661k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “Up until and including 2 April 2026 Clarks Vehicle Holdings Limited was the immediate and ultimate parent company. The ultimate controlling party during this period was Darren Lord.”
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&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) | £9.4m | £9.3m | £13.1m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £6.6m | £9.2m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £35.2k | £834k | £1.3m | £877k |
| Profit before tax | £16.6k | £814k | £1.3m | £863k |
| Profit after tax | −£14.9k | £630k | £947k | £661k |
| Profit (best available) | −£14.9k | £630k | £947k | £661k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 66 | 79 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 29.3% | 29.6% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £141k | £165k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | −£193 | £9.5k | £12k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▲40.8% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲50.3% | ▼30.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▲19.7% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £574k | £922k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £245k | £289k | £371k | £433k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4m | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £25.4k |
| 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
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £25.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £433k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Darren Lord Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Lord Family Holdings Limited75–100%
- Clarks Vehicle Holdings Limited75–100%
- Clarks Vehicle Conversions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Clarks Technology Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £661k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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