Activate Parts Limited
Registered name: ACTIVATE PARTS LIMITED
Part of Elysian Capital LLP groupActivate Parts Limited made £8.6m revenue and a £115k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Activate Parts Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £8.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £115k and 25 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 company's”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £12.9m | £9.8m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £11.7m | −£8.3m | −£7.4m |
| Gross profit | £863k | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £80.2k | −£11k | £204k | −£119k |
| Profit before tax | £78.9k | −£11k | £204k | −£119k |
| Profit after tax | £66.4k | −£6.6k | £212k | −£115k |
| Profit (best available) | £66.4k | −£6.6k | £212k | −£115k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 25 | 28 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −0.1% | 2.2% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 9.3% | 16.1% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £571k | £517k | £352k | £342k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | −£264 | £7.6k | −£4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲61.6% | ▼23.8% | ▼13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼110% | — | ▼154.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲78.6% | ▲12% | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.6k | £131k | — | — |
| Net assets | £586k | £255k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £166k | £154k | — | — |
| Current assets | £4m | £11.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £2.4m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £259k | £715k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £342k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.6k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elysian Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Elysian Capital GP III (Scotland) Limited50–75%
- Elysian Capital GP III LLP75–100%
- Activate Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Silvact Midco Limited75–100%
- Silvact Bidco Limited75–100%
- Activate Group Limited75–100%
- Activate Parts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Sopp and Sopp LimitedRev. £64.8m · Profit £376k
- Motor Repair Network LtdRev. £36.3m · Profit £549k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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