Rainworth Motors Limited
Registered name: RAINWORTH MOTORS LIMITED
Part of Vision Automotive (UK) Group Ltd groupRainworth Motors Limited made £38m revenue and a £2.5k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rainworth Motors Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £38m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.5k and 58 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Mansfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Mansfield, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.9m | £37.3m | £34.6m | £38m |
| Cost of sales | £30.2m | £35.6m | £33.2m | £36.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £610k | £1.1m | −£1.3m | £388k |
| Profit before tax | £467k | £785k | −£1.5m | £116k |
| Profit after tax | £376k | £586k | −£1.2m | −£2.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £376k | £586k | −£1.2m | −£2.5k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 54 | 59 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.6% | −3.6% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 5.1% | 4.7% | 4% | 4.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £637k | £691k | £587k | £654k |
| Profit per employee | £7.5k | £10.9k | −£21.2k | −£42 |
| Cash conversion | −41.1% | −105.5% | — | −132.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▼7.2% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲56.1% | ▼313% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▲9.3% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £20.3k | £842k | £334k | £174k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £7.2m | £6.3m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £605k | £803k |
| Cash from operations | −£251k | −£1.1m | £783k | −£515k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £654k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£42
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −132.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £174k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vision Automotive (UK) Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Rainworth Motors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Rainworth (Yorkshire) LimitedRev. £65.7m · Profit £144k
- Bickerton Garage LimitedRev. £27.9m · Profit £185k
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 −£2.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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