Recovery North West Limited
Registered name: RECOVERY NORTH WEST LIMITED
Part of Recovery North West Holdings Ltd groupRecovery North West Limited made £8.2m revenue and £317k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Recovery North West Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £8.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £317k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.9m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £950k | £798k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £821k | £437k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £642k | £317k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £642k | £317k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.8m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 50 | 60 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.2% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 30.4% | 28.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £131k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.7k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼50.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲20% | ▲13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £856k | £753k | £590k | £852k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £5m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £696k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £25.7k | £21.8k | £20.2k | £67.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 78.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £852k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲237%
- Now £67.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £6.4m
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
- Recovery North West Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Recovery North West Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- 24/7 Recovery and Rescue LimitedRev. £239k · Profit −£66.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £317k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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