AUTOTRADER LIMITED

1. AUTOTRADER LIMITED 2026-01-16 → present
2. AUTO TRADER LIMITED 2014-03-10 → 2026-01-16
3. TRADER PUBLISHING LIMITED 2000-06-15 → 2014-03-10
4. AUTO TRADER HOLDINGS LIMITED 2000-03-09 → 2000-06-15
5. 3155TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2000-01-19 → 2000-03-09

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements for Auto Trader Limited. Stress case scenarios have been modelled to make the assessment of going concern, taking into account severe but plausible potential impacts of a severe economic downturn, a ransomware attack within the next 12 months and increased competition. The results of the stress testing demonstrated that Auto Trader Limited would be able to withstand the impact and remain cash generative. Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. AUTOTRADER LIMITED · parent
   1. Trader Licensing Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant company
   2. Autorama UK Limited 100% · England and Wales · Online marketplace
   3. Vanarama Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant Company
   4. Autorama Holding (Malta) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Investment company for a protected cell company
   5. Blue Owl Network Limited 100% · England and Wales · Finance Platform

Significant events

• “On 19 September 2024, the Company purchased 100% of the share capital of Autorama UK Limited from its ultimate parent company Auto Trader Group plc as part of a group entity reorganisation.”
• “On 8 January 2025, the Group signed an agreement for lease for its planned new head office. The 15-year lease was signed on 16 June 2025.”
• “The buy-out of the defined benefit pension scheme completed on 12 September 2025 and the scheme will be wound up before the end of the 2026 financial year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +6.7%

  £524,300,000 → £559,200,000

• Cash

  -47.3%

  £14,600,000 → £7,700,000

• Net assets

  -28.4%

  £1,740,100,000 → £1,245,100,000

• Employees

  +7.8%

  1,040 → 1,121

• Operating profit

  +3.7%

  £376,000,000 → £390,000,000

• Profit before tax

  +3.8%

  £380,300,000 → £394,800,000

• Wages

  +11%

  £66,300,000 → £73,600,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers