Nationwide Fuels and Lubricants Ltd
Registered name: NATIONWIDE FUELS AND LUBRICANTS LTD
Part of Crown Oil Holdings Limited groupNationwide Fuels and Lubricants Ltd made £15.2m revenue and £207k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Nationwide Fuels and Lubricants Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £207k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other fuels and related products” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 5 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £17.1m | £21.7m | £17.5m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £18.7m | £15.1m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £729k | £1.7m | £1m | £986k |
| Profit before tax | £236k | £1m | £408k | £481k |
| Profit after tax | £69.7k | £683k | £142k | £207k |
| Profit (best available) | £69.7k | £683k | £142k | £207k |
| Staff costs | £420k | £490k | £483k | £582k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.4m | £4.3m | £2.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | £13.9k | £137k | £23.7k | £29.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.8% | ▼19.6% | ▼13% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲879.9% | ▼79.2% | ▲45.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲20% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £458k | £380k | £404k | £258k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | — | £4.8m | £4.2m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £8m | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £14.6k | £120k | £88.9k | £108k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £258k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £108k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £3.5m
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
- Crown Oil Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nationwide Fuels and Lubricants Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Crown Oil LimitedRev. £452m · Profit £16.9m
- Speedy Fuels LimitedRev. £124m · Profit £1.9m
- Beesley Fuels LtdRev. £43.1m · Profit £2.2m
- Crown Oil (Environmental) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crown Oil Treasury LtdFigures not disclosed
- Samuel Cooke & Co 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 Jul 2025 (profit £207k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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