Boongate Kia Limited
Registered name: BOONGATE KIA LIMITED
Part of Boongate Holdings Limited groupBoongate Kia Limited made £32.1m revenue and £334k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Boongate Kia Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £32.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £334k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £26.6m | £29.6m | £32.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £23.9m | £26.9m | £29.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £697k | £676k | £414k |
| Profit before tax | — | £713k | £701k | £450k |
| Profit after tax | — | £576k | £528k | £334k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £576k | £528k | £334k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 40 | 42 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1% |
| Gross margin | — | 10% | 9.3% | 8.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £664k | £706k | £730k |
| Profit per employee | — | £14.4k | £12.6k | £7.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −60.7% | −106.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲11.6% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼8.3% | ▼36.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £400k | £487k | £690k | £458k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £646k | £614k | £653k | £842k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £446k | £938k | £1m | £837k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£423k | −£721k | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £730k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £458k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £842k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Boongate Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Boongate Kia Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Boongate Property 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 Jan 2025 (profit £334k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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