HILL'S GARAGES (WOODFORD) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£750K
-72.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-14.1% vs 2023
Employees
142
-7.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£677K
+64.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £80,270,432 | £71,030,298 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,541,642 | -£353,956 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,897,735 | -£677,200 | |
| Net profit | -£1,926,423 | -£677,200 | |
| Cash | £2,755,992 | £749,785 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,855,545 | £5,001,715 | |
| Net assets | £4,801,913 | £4,124,713 | |
| Equity | £4,801,913 | £4,124,713 | |
| Average employees | 154 | 142 | |
| Wages | £5,500,212 | £5,200,041 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -26.3% | -7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.6% | 72.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | -4.33x | -1.10x |
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
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “significant operational and economic headwinds across the motor trade”
- “persistent supply shortages, changing electric vehicle (EV) regulations, elevated interest rates impacting consumer affordability, and increased insurance and repair costs due to vehicle complexity.”
- “The Hainault operation showed promising improvements, suggesting effective local management and operational strategies.”
- “Whilst cash reserves remain around £750k, the Directors obtained an overdraft facility of £3m that will run to October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Rosanna | Secretary | 2014-05-08 | — | British |
| HUMPHRIES, Ashley Boyd | Secretary | 2007-03-06 | — | English |
| CRISP, John Reginald | Director | 2020-03-20 | Jun 1984 | British |
| CRISP, Nahide Hassan | Director | 2020-03-20 | Jul 1977 | British |
| DIGNAM, Ross James | Director | 2020-03-20 | Oct 1985 | British |
| HILL, Rosanna Francesca | Director | 2015-08-14 | Dec 1988 | British |
| HUMPHRIES, Ashley Boyd | Director | 2015-08-14 | May 1959 | English |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Amanda Pauline | Secretary | 2002-01-23 | 2012-01-07 |
| HILL, Richard Martin Eugene | Secretary | 1999-07-17 | 2002-01-22 |
| HILL, Richard Francis Norman | Secretary | — | 1999-07-17 |
| GORDON, Alexander James | Director | 1999-07-17 | 2002-01-22 |
| HILL, Richard Martin Eugene | Director | — | 2018-09-16 |
| HILL, Richard Francis Norman | Director | — | 1999-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hills Group Enterprises Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-12-30 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
-11.5%
£80,270,432 £71,030,298
-
Cash
-72.8%
£2,755,992 £749,785
-
Net assets
-14.1%
£4,801,913 £4,124,713
-
Employees
-7.8%
154 142
-
Operating profit
+77%
-£1,541,642 -£353,956
-
Profit before tax
+64.3%
-£1,897,735 -£677,200
-
Wages
-5.5%
£5,500,212 £5,200,041
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