Leslies Motors Limited
Registered name: LESLIES MOTORS LIMITED
Leslies Motors Limited made £39.3m revenue and £75.3k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Leslies Motors Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £39.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £75.3k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Cowes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cowes, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.8m | £41.2m | £40.8m | £39.3m |
| Cost of sales | £29.4m | £36.4m | £36.2m | £34.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £653k | £541k | £367k | £554k |
| Profit before tax | £387k | £71.1k | −£153k | £58.4k |
| Profit after tax | £276k | £33.9k | −£132k | £75.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £276k | £33.9k | −£132k | £75.3k |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 93 | 86 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.1% | −0.3% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 11.7% | 11.3% | 11.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £389k | £443k | £474k | £462k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £365 | −£1.5k | £885 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.9% | ▼1.1% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.7% | ▼489.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼7.5% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £462k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £885
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £2.3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Leslies Isle of Wight LimitedRev. £16.9m · Profit £246k
- Leslie's Car Sales (I.o.w.) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leslie's Service Station LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leslies (Ventnor) 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 Dec 2025 (profit £75.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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