Q-Park: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Q-Park Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Universal Parking Ltd. In the year to December 2025 Q-Park Limited reported turnover of £118m.
- In the year to December 2025, Q-Park had turnover of £118m, up 3.9% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £13m, losing £10.83 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 407 people, with staff costs of £14m.
- Q-Park Limited is controlled by Universal Parking Ltd, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Q-Park Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 22 September 2026.
- Registered name
- Q-PARK LIMITED
- Company number
- 01721817
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 10 May 1983
- Registered office area
- Leeds
- Industry code on the register
- 68209: Real estate activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 22 September 2026
What does Q-Park do?
Q-Park runs car parks in towns and cities, including sites serving shopping centres, hospitals, railway stations and entertainment venues. It earns money from parking charges, pre-booked spaces and season tickets, and from managing car parks on behalf of property owners. The company was founded in the Netherlands and operates across several European countries, with its UK car parks run by Q-Park Limited.
In brief: car park operator · town and city centres · parking fees and season tickets · Dutch origins
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: q-park.co.uk.
Who owns Q-Park?
The Companies House register records Universal Parking Ltd as the person with significant control of Q-Park Limited, company number 01721817. Universal Parking Ltd is itself company number 04181937.
That places Q-Park Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Q-Park?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Q-Park Limited.
All 4 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Adam John Bidder | 1 May 2007 |
| Frank Karel De Moor | 1 February 2025 |
| Nicholas James Clarke | 18 May 2026 |
| Julia Samantha Naylor | 18 May 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Q-Park file?
Q-Park Limited reported turnover of £118m in the year to December 2025. That was up 3.9% on £113m the year before.
It reported 407 employees. The year before it reported 392.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £13m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £2m the year before.
Staff costs came to £14m. That is an average of £35,000 a head. It ended the year with £3m at the bank and net liabilities of £30m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £118m | £113m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£13m (filed) | £2m (filed) |
| Employees | 407 | 392 |
| Staff costs | £14m | £13m |
| Average staff cost per head | £35,000 | £34,000 |
| Bank and cash | £3m | £2m |
| Net assets | -£30m | -£22m |
| Interest paid | £6m | |
| Interest received | £10k | |
| Directors' pay | £0.6m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Q-Park?
Q-Park Limited has registered 25 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Q-Park compares
Of the 3 parking companies, Q-Park is 1st on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 3rd on growth. ParkingEye keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £34.84.
| Rank | Parking companies | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Q-Park | £118m | −£10.83 |
| 2nd | Euro Car Parks | £69m | £16.46 |
| + 1 more parking companies ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Q-Park files as Q-Park Limited, whose person with significant control is Universal Parking Ltd, with turnover of £118m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Q-Park
What does Q-Park do?
Q-Park runs car parks in towns and cities, including sites serving shopping centres, hospitals, railway stations and entertainment venues. It earns money from parking charges, pre-booked spaces and season tickets, and from managing car parks on behalf of property owners. The company was founded in the Netherlands and operates across several European countries, with its UK car parks run by Q-Park Limited.
How does Q-Park compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Q-Park is 1st of the 3 companies in our battle of the parking companies, ahead of Euro Car Parks. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the parking companies →
Who owns Q-Park?
The Companies House register records Universal Parking Ltd as the person with significant control of Q-Park Limited.
How much does Q-Park make?
Q-Park Limited reported turnover of £118m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £13m.
How many people work at Q-Park?
Q-Park Limited reported 407 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Q-Park?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Q-Park Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Q-Park Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01721817, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Q-Park: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/q-park/. Figures from Companies House filings for Q-PARK LIMITED (01721817).
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