Howard Abraham (Motors) Limited
Registered name: HOWARD ABRAHAM (MOTORS) LIMITED
Howard Abraham (Motors) Limited made £23.7m revenue and £8.6k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Howard Abraham (Motors) Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £23.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £8.6k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Craigavon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Craigavon, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1960
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 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) | £15.3m | £16.7m | £21m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £15.2m | £19.5m | £22.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£99.3k | £1m | −£93.5k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £26.8k | £1.2m | £68.9k |
| Profit after tax | £909k | £5.7k | £855k | £8.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £909k | £5.7k | £855k | £8.6k |
| Staff costs | £686k | £1.7m | £700k | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | 0% | 4.1% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £565k | £666k | £807k | £947k |
| Profit per employee | £33.7k | £229 | £32.9k | £344 |
| Cash conversion | −101.8% | — | −108.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲25.9% | ▲12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.4% | ▲14844% | ▼99% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.4% | ▲4% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £4m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £9.7m | £10.4m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7.4m | £9.2m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £220k | £688k | £664k | £296k |
| Deferred income | £39.5k | £0 | £8.6k | £24.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | £365k | −£1.1m | −£321k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £947k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £344
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▲189%
- Now £24.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £3.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £8.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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