Scorpion Automotive Limited
Registered name: SCORPION AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Part of Scorpion Group Holdings Limited groupScorpion Automotive Limited made £20.3m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Scorpion Automotive Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.1m profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other transport equipment” and is based in Bolton; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Aug 2021 | 30 Aug 2022 | 30 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.9m | £17.5m | £16.1m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.3m | £9.2m | £11.1m | £9.8m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.1m | £6.4m | £6.3m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £762k | £930k | −£506k | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £745k | £894k | −£542k | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £466k | £745k | £868k | −£542k | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £466k | £745k | £868k | −£542k | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £4.4m | £5.2m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 101 | 118 | 126 | 144 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.3% | 5% | −3.4% | 15.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.7% | 36.4% | 39.3% | 53.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £138k | £148k | £128k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £7.4k | £7.4k | −£4.3k | £21.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −103.1% | −215.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲25.5% | ▼7.8% | ▲25.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲59.7% | ▲16.6% | ▼162.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.8% | ▲16.8% | ▲6.8% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £619k | £529k | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £293k | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £6.8m | £8.4m | £9.5m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £396k | £1.2m | £3m | £8.9m | £11.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£912k | −£786k | −£2m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 55.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲641%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £11.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲185%
- Now £5.4m
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
- Scorpion Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scorpion Automotive Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Autokontrol LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Intellitec M V Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- SGH Connect LtdFigures not disclosed
- Trackershop LimitedFigures 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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