HARTWELL AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+17.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£80M
+2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
+1,220.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- HARTWELL AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED 1994-02-21 → present
- TRIMOCO MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 1987-03-09 → 1994-02-21
- TRIMOCO LIMITED 1983-03-30 → 1987-03-09
- TRIMOCO CARS (LUTON) LIMITED 1982-09-27 → 1983-03-30
- TRICENTROL CARS (LUTON) LIMITED 1919-09-02 → 1982-09-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £249,992,000 | £247,442,000 | |
| Operating profit | £164,000 | £3,151,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£231,000 | £2,588,000 | |
| Net profit | £613,000 | £1,598,000 | |
| Cash | £2,389,000 | £2,803,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £81,121,000 | £83,511,000 | |
| Net assets | £78,785,000 | £80,383,000 | |
| Equity | £78,785,000 | £80,383,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 1.76x | |
| Interest cover | 0.42x | 5.60x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. (Page 10) / Based upon the cash reserves available, together with the forecasts prepared by the group the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources and cash headroom to be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements. (Page 18)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORBES, Georgina Suzanne | Secretary | 2005-11-16 | — | British |
| FORBES, Georgina Suzanne | Director | 2022-04-07 | Aug 1977 | British |
| GIBBIN, Craig Robert | Director | 2022-04-07 | Mar 1971 | British |
| GODFREY, Kevin Paul | Director | 2009-09-25 | Aug 1961 | British |
| ROWE, Kayleigh | Director | 2024-01-15 | Feb 1990 | British |
| TUCKER, Nicholas John | Director | 2016-06-07 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHL, Emma Joanne | Secretary | 1997-06-23 | 2001-08-15 |
| GEORGE, Catherine Ann | Secretary | 2001-08-15 | 2004-11-09 |
| GRIFFITHS, Christopher Stanton | Secretary | 1993-08-31 | 1997-06-23 |
| HOLMES, Peter David | Secretary | 2004-11-09 | 2005-11-16 |
| LEE, Ronald George | Secretary | — | 1993-08-31 |
| AHL, Emma Joanne | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2001-08-15 |
| ASHFIELD, Thomas David Colin | Director | 2001-08-15 | 2001-10-01 |
| BARAKAT, Mounir | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2009-08-27 |
| BOWHAY, Bernard Geoffrey | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| CADDICK, Rees | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2001-02-20 |
| CARINGTON, Rupert Francis John, The Hon | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2000-12-31 |
| CARINGTON, Rupert Francis John, The Hon | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2000-05-31 |
| FEARN, Malcolm Stanley | Director | 1993-12-31 | 1997-12-02 |
| FENNER, Christopher John | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2006-06-12 |
| FORBES, Georgina Suzanne | Director | 2013-10-25 | 2016-06-07 |
| GRIFFITHS, Christopher Stanton | Director | 2005-05-06 | 2014-05-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Christopher Stanton | Director | 1993-05-04 | 1997-12-02 |
| HAMADEH, Mohammed Samir | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2001-10-01 |
| HANCOCK, Paul Anthony | Director | — | 1993-07-05 |
| HAYWOOD, David | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2017-05-19 |
| HILL, Keith Brian | Director | — | 1993-09-03 |
| HOLMES, Peter David | Director | 2005-11-16 | 2016-11-30 |
| HUNT, Jon Terance | Director | 1993-12-31 | 1996-05-10 |
| JONES, Ian Russell | Director | — | 1992-11-05 |
| KEENAN, John Leslie | Director | 2005-05-06 | 2006-04-24 |
| LANGLEY, Christopher James | Director | 2004-03-29 | 2004-11-10 |
| LAVERY, Mark Jonathan James | Director | 2001-02-20 | 2003-12-21 |
| LEE, Ronald George | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| LEMON, Andrew Mark | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2022-03-07 |
| MCCABE, Edward Gerard Francis | Director | 1993-05-04 | 2005-05-06 |
| NAFOUSI, Mahmoud | Director | 2005-11-16 | 2007-12-07 |
| REHMAN, Atiq | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2024-04-09 |
| WEI, John You-Hsung | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2000-05-31 |
| WILLIS, Graeme Richard | Director | 2004-05-17 | 2005-11-01 |
| WILLIS, Graeme Richard | Director | 1999-07-21 | 2001-03-09 |
| WRIGHT, Donald | Director | — | 1993-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwell Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-1%
£249,992,000 £247,442,000
-
Cash
+17.3%
£2,389,000 £2,803,000
-
Net assets
+2%
£78,785,000 £80,383,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+1,821.3%
£164,000 £3,151,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,220.3%
-£231,000 £2,588,000
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