Freedom Rental Limited
Registered name: FREEDOM RENTAL LIMITED
Part of MJQ Trustees Limited groupFreedom Rental Limited made £8.7m revenue and £239k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Freedom Rental Limited’s revenue grew 58% to £8.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £239k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.5m | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£5.3m | −£8.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £209k | £419k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £39.2k | £238k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £43.7k | £238k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £43.4k | £239k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £43.4k | £239k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 3.8% | 4.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £8.7k | £39.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲57.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲450.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% | 0% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £348k | £786k | — |
| Net assets | £40.7k | £86.2k | £130k | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.2k | £2.3k | £3.8k | — |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £6.5m | £6.4m | — |
| Debtors | £21.4k | £11.3k | £18.1k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.8k
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MJQ Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Halliwell Jones Group Limited75–100%
- Roundel Limited75–100%
- Freedom Rental Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Halliwell Jones (Wilmslow) LimitedRev. £99.4m · Profit £248k
- Halliwell Jones Deva LimitedRev. £12.6m · Profit £248k
- Halliwell Jones (Wilmslow) Bodyshop LimitedRev. — · Profit £336k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £239k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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