Wheelers Chipping Norton Limited
Registered name: WHEELERS CHIPPING NORTON LIMITED
Wheelers Chipping Norton Limited made £29.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Wheelers Chipping Norton Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Chipping Norton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chipping Norton, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | — | — | £26m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £23.9m | £26.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £830k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £830k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 37 | 38 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 8.1% | 8.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £683k | £789k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £21.8k | £31.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲41.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲2.7% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £354k | £450k | £378k | £491k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £123k | £217k | £212k | £370k |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.6m | £5.4m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £84.3k | £26.9k | £90.3k | £41.4k |
| Deferred income | £70.9k | £150k | £145k | £339k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£577k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £789k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £491k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▲133%
- Now £339k
- Fixed assets
- ▲75%
- Now £370k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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