Superbike Factory Limited
Registered name: SUPERBIKE FACTORY LIMITED
Part of Enact III (GP) L.P. groupSuperbike Factory Limited made £82.3m revenue and a £18.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Superbike Factory Limited’s revenue was £82.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £18.3m and 292 employees. The company is classified under “sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £56.3m | £82.3m | £82.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£46.5m | −£67.8m | −£66.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £14.4m | £15.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | −£4.4m | −£16.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | −£8.1m | −£19.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.3m | −£7.1m | −£18.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.3m | −£7.1m | −£18.3m |
| Employees (average) | 283 | 284 | 292 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.1% | −8.6% | −22.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 17.5% | 18.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £290k | £282k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.2k | −£25k | −£62.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.1% | ▲0% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £282k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£62.6k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 292
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Enact III (GP) L.P.ultimate parent75–100%
- Superbike Factory Group Limited75–100%
- Superbike Factory Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (8)
- Carbay LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Factory Heads Motorbike Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- M a M Automotive Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Superbike Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Superbike Insure LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Superbike Loans LimitedFigures not disclosed
- We Want Your Motor LimitedFigures not disclosed
- We Want Your Motorbike LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£18.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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