THOMAS STARTIN JUNR. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-12 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+1,073% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+14.3% vs 2023
Employees
193
-3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£767K
-4.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £127,691,678 | £147,678,770 | |
| Operating profit | £1,286,775 | £1,573,125 | |
| Profit before tax | £802,657 | £766,815 | |
| Net profit | £580,157 | £602,432 | |
| Cash | £101,205 | £1,187,112 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,391,484 | £4,992,020 | |
| Net assets | £4,209,500 | £4,811,932 | |
| Equity | £4,209,500 | £4,811,932 | |
| Average employees | 200 | 193 | |
| Wages | £5,922,780 | £7,055,164 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.3% | 31.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 2.66x | 1.95x |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the results of this review, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to the approval of these financial statements, The Cresser Car Company Limited transferred its trade and certain assets and liabilities to its fellow group undertaking, Thomas Startin Junr. Limited, as part of a Group reorganisation. The transaction was structured as a hive-across and completed on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 1999-06-23 | — | British |
| FREEMAN, Gerald Peter | Director | — | Feb 1957 | British |
| FREEMAN, Timothy Gerald | Director | 2016-07-20 | Aug 1988 | British |
| WINSLOW, Benjamin Peter | Director | 2017-02-16 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Colin John | Secretary | 1999-02-26 | 1999-06-23 |
| WEM, Graham | Secretary | — | 1999-02-26 |
| BARRETT, Colin John | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| FREEMAN, Barbara Kathleen Emily | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2014-11-25 |
| FREEMAN, Peter George Bernard | Director | — | 2014-11-25 |
| GEOBEY, Mark Anthony | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2019-06-29 |
| PEARSON, David Alan | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| SHUKER, Daniel Charles | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-06-23 |
| WEM, Graham | Director | — | 1999-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Junior Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-04-12 | Ceased 2019-04-12 |
| Mr Gerald Peter Freeman | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-12 |
| Freeman Junior Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.7%
£127,691,678 £147,678,770
-
Cash
+1,073%
£101,205 £1,187,112
-
Net assets
+14.3%
£4,209,500 £4,811,932
-
Employees
-3.5%
200 193
-
Operating profit
+22.3%
£1,286,775 £1,573,125
-
Profit before tax
-4.5%
£802,657 £766,815
-
Wages
+19.1%
£5,922,780 £7,055,164
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