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W.H.BOWKER LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00364757
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1941-01-08
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Group 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.”
Subsidiaries
- Bowker Preston Limited · 100% held · England · Retail motor dealership
- Bowker Blackburn Limited · 100% held · England · Retail motor dealership
- Bowker Ribble Valley Limited · 100% held · England · Retail motor dealership
- Bowker Motorcycles Limited · 100% held · England · Non-trading
- Bowker Performance Cars Limited · 100% held · England · Retail motor dealership
- The Used Car Warehouse Limited · 100% held · England · Non-trading
- James Nuttall (Holdings) Limited · 100% held · England · Intermediate holding company
- W. H. Bowker (Rochdale) Limited · 100% held · England · Haulage & transport
- Queensway Commercials Limited · 100% held · England · VOSA testing station
- James Nuttall (Developments) Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant
Significant events
- “On 15 November 2024, the Group acquired the trade and assets of Porsche Centre Bolton to compliment the Group's existing Porsche Centre at Preston and provide geographical and operational synergies.”
- “On 30 June 2024, the trade and assets of W. H. Bowker (Rochdale) Limited were hived-up into the parent company, W.H. Bowker Limited, with the intention of creating operational synergies within the Group's main Transport, Distribution and Warehousing entity.”
- “In 2024 INEOS Automotive confirmed its intention to transition from an Agency model with retailers to a wholesale model, effective 1 January 2025. ... On 24 December 2024, the business received formal confirmation from INEOS Automotive of the termination of both the sales and aftersales dealer agreements, effective 31 December 2024.”
- “In early January 2025, the business concluded that the subsidiary company, Bowker Ribble Valley Limited, was no longer financially viable if its operations as a motor dealership were to continue. Trading as a motor dealership formally ceased on 28 February 2025, with the Company's operations changing to becoming a landlord for the company's freehold property from 1 April 2025.”
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People
12 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | — | — |
| BOWKER, Anthony Paul | Director | 2004-01-19 | Apr 1968 | British |
| BOWKER, Caroline Jennifer | Director | 2004-01-19 | Jun 1959 | British |
| BOWKER, Hilary | Director | 2004-01-19 | Jun 1963 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | — | Apr 1965 | British |
| BOWKER, Vicki | Director | 2004-01-19 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | 2024-12-18 | Aug 1988 | British |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | 1996-12-13 | May 1960 | British |
| GEE, Andrew John | Director | 2019-02-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Elizabeth Helen | Director | — | Apr 1962 | British |
| KAY, Christopher | Director | 2017-04-26 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEPPENSTALL, David | Secretary | — | 2000-01-04 |
| THOMASON, Darren | Secretary | 2000-01-04 | 2018-11-30 |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | — | 2017-09-18 |
| HEPPENSTALL, David | Director | — | 2000-06-02 |
| WHITTLE, Geoffrey Foster | Director | — | 2014-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Henry Bowker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Mr William Henry Bowker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-01 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-01-11 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2020-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
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