Progress Vehicle Management Limited
Registered name: PROGRESS VEHICLE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of PVM Topco Limited groupProgress Vehicle Management Limited made £17.4m revenue and £714k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Progress Vehicle Management Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £17.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £714k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Knockholt; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knockholt, South East
- 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. From the filing: “The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.6m | £14.8m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.1m | £12.5m | £14.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.4m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £470k | £349k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £388k | £195k | £994k |
| Profit after tax | — | £287k | £144k | £714k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £287k | £144k | £714k |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £4.2m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 76 | 92 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.4% | 1% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.5% | 15.1% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £86.3k | £161k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.8k | £1.6k | £6.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −263.5% | −143.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲125.3% | ▲17.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼49.8% | ▲395.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲21.1% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £27.3k | £83.8k | £567k | £81.1k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £2.4m | £4.6m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £8.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £517k | £695k | £5.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£919k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −143.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 33.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 50.6%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £81.1k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲742%
- Now £5.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- PVM Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- PVM Holdings Limited75–100%
- Progress Vehicle Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Mickey Ghees LtdFigures not disclosed
- Pace Accident Repair Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Progress Flying School LtdFigures not disclosed
- PVM (Atherstone) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rta Claim Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Flight Cafe LtdFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £714k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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