Brent Cars Limited
Active04794864Wholesale & retailIncorporated 11 Jun 2003 · Weston-Super-Mare
The principal activity of the company is that of a second hand vehicle retailer.
Revenue
£168.6m
▲ +11.1% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
-£553k
Margin -0.3%
Employees
211
▲ +3.4% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£487k
Total assets £33.9m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
7 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Dec 2019Not available
Dec 2020
£111.1m
Dec 2021
£135.0m▲ +21.5%
Dec 2022
£147.1m▲ +9.0%
Sept 2023
£117.8m
Sept 2024
£151.8m▲ +28.9%
Sept 2025
£168.6m▲ +11.1%
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sept 2025 | £168.6m | ▲ +11.1% | -£463k | 211 | £487k |
| 30 Sept 2024 | £151.8m | ▲ +28.9% | -£2.2m | 204 | £1.0m |
| 30 Sept 2023 | £117.8m | — | £220k | 205 | £1.7m |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £147.1m | ▲ +9.0% | -£4.9m | 227 | £1.5m |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £135.0m | ▲ +21.5% | £427k | 218 | £5.6m |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £111.1m | — | £1.3m | 198 | £5.1m |
| 31 Dec 2019 | — | — | — | — | £4.2m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 30 Sept 2025. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £168.6m
- Gross profit
- £11.8m
- Operating profit
- Not available
- Profit before tax
- -£463k
- Profit after tax
- -£553k
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £33.9m
- Cash
- £1.3m
- Total liabilities
- £33.4m
- Net assets
- £487k
- Revenue per employee
- £799k
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