Alliance Automotive Logistics Limited
Registered name: ALLIANCE AUTOMOTIVE LOGISTICS LIMITED
Part of Genuine Parts Company groupAlliance Automotive Logistics Limited made £543m revenue and £19.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alliance Automotive Logistics Limited’s revenue was £543m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £19.1m profit and 1,523 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £392m | £541m | £543m |
| Cost of sales | −£316m | −£445m | −£443m |
| Gross profit | £76m | £96.1m | £99.8m |
| Operating profit | £30.5m | £25.7m | £26.2m |
| Profit before tax | £30.5m | £25.7m | £26.2m |
| Profit after tax | £23m | £19m | £19.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £23m | £19m | £19.1m |
| Employees (average) | 1,249 | 1,485 | 1,523 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 17.8% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £314k | £364k | £357k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £12.8k | £12.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.4% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £357k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 1,523
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Genuine Parts Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- GPC Europe Holdco Limited75–100%
- GPC Europe Automotive Group Ltd.75–100%
- GPC UK Holdco Ltd.75–100%
- GPC Finance Investment Limited75–100%
- Alliance Automotive Holding Limited75–100%
- FPS Distribution Limited75–100%
- Alliance Automotive Logistics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Automotion Factors LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tayna Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Apec LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £19.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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