VAN MOSSEL IOW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
Cash
£461K
-42.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-33.7% vs 2023
Employees
57
+14% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£750K
-225.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-08-01
- VAN MOSSEL IOW LIMITED 2025-08-01 → present
- ESPLANADE LIMITED 1985-04-23 → 2025-08-01
- ESPLANADE GARAGE(RYDE)LIMITED 1946-04-12 → 1985-04-23
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 | £24,264,832 | £26,783,433 | |
| Operating profit | £20,643 | -£476,300 | |
| Profit before tax | -£230,183 | -£749,719 | |
| Net profit | -£220,942 | -£749,719 | |
| Cash | £803,972 | £460,519 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,222,456 | £1,472,737 | |
| Net assets | £2,222,456 | £1,472,737 | |
| Equity | £2,222,456 | £1,472,737 | |
| Average employees | 50 | 57 | |
| Wages | £1,577,174 | £1,940,386 |
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 | 0.1% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | -2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | -32.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.6% | 79.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 0.08x | -1.73x |
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
“Based on these forecasts and the support of the parent company, Van Mossel Automotive International B.V., the directors consider that the company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and, accordingly, have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLKINGHORNE, Alison Gail | Secretary | 2025-11-17 | — | — |
| LEAN, Andrew William | Director | 2025-11-17 | Feb 1971 | British |
| POLKINGHORNE, Alison Gail | Director | 2025-11-17 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DORLEY-BROWN, Linda Karen | Secretary | — | 2015-03-20 |
| COLLIER, Paul Michael | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2024-09-12 |
| DAVIS, John Andrew | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2025-11-17 |
| DORLEY BROWN, Brenda Joyce | Director | — | 2001-06-16 |
| DORLEY-BROWN, Linda Karen | Director | — | 2015-03-20 |
| DORLEY-BROWN, Michael Nicholas | Director | — | 2015-03-20 |
| DORLEY-BROWN, Peter Edwin | Director | — | 1992-04-21 |
| GLADDISH, Stephen John | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2026-01-27 |
| KELL, Paul | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2025-11-17 |
| KELL, Paul | Director | 2015-03-20 | 2018-09-27 |
| TOOTHILL, James Arthur | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2024-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Mossel Automotive Group Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+10.4%
£24,264,832 £26,783,433
-
Cash
-42.7%
£803,972 £460,519
-
Net assets
-33.7%
£2,222,456 £1,472,737
-
Employees
+14%
50 57
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Operating profit
-2,407.3%
£20,643 -£476,300
-
Profit before tax
-225.7%
-£230,183 -£749,719
-
Wages
+23%
£1,577,174 £1,940,386
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