MERCEDES-BENZ RETAIL GROUP UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£41M
-30.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
-100% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£331K
+74.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the director intends to cease trading and become dormant pending potential liquidation of the company and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MERCEDES-BENZ RETAIL GROUP UK LIMITED 2007-11-02 → present
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER RETAIL LIMITED 2003-11-05 → 2007-11-02
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER UK RETAIL LIMITED 2000-11-28 → 2003-11-05
- WOKING MOTORS LIMITED 1946-09-10 → 2000-11-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,890,000 | -£1,017,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,303,000 | -£331,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,456,000 | -£502,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,230,000 | £40,728,000 | |
| Net assets | £58,230,000 | £40,728,000 | |
| Equity | £58,230,000 | £40,728,000 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 0 | |
| Wages | £253,000 | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -3.2% | -2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.4% | 0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 257.52x | 214.24x | |
| Interest cover | -78.75x | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the director intends to cease trading and become dormant pending potential liquidation of the company and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “Consumer class actions were filed against the Company, further Mercedes Group companies in the UK, Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Mercedes-Benz AG (collectively 'the Defendants') in the United Kingdom since May 2020.”
- “In January 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority announced a review of motor finance commission arrangements. This review is ongoing. The FCA is expected to conclude in 2025. In the meantime, there have also been a number of motor finance commission related court decisions, with the most recent being the Supreme Court decision in August 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIPMAN, Jonathan Philip Reuben | Secretary | 2014-01-15 | — | — |
| PIPPERGER, Wolfgang | Director | 2023-09-01 | Mar 1972 | German |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODWELL, Timothy Henry Warner | Secretary | 1992-07-08 | 1999-03-19 |
| EVANS, Chrissi Roberta | Secretary | 2001-05-22 | 2006-02-01 |
| LARKINS, Iain Paul | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2013-08-30 |
| LINDLEY, Philip Douglas | Secretary | — | 1992-07-08 |
| PALMER, Jill Frances | Secretary | 1999-03-19 | 2001-05-22 |
| ADT, Katrin Anne Gertraude | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| BRADY, Geoff | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2005-07-06 |
| BRAGUGLIA, Vittorio | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-12-02 |
| BREITSCHWERDT, Marcus Werner | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| EBERHARDT, Joachim | Director | 2001-04-20 | 2003-07-01 |
| END, Matthias | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2016-04-01 |
| HALATA, Paul | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-11-12 |
| HENN, Harald | Director | 2023-06-02 | 2023-11-30 |
| RAMSAY, Ewan Alexander Lindsay | Director | 2004-07-09 | 2005-12-31 |
| REINERT, Karl | Director | — | 1996-10-14 |
| RUOFF, Marcell | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAVAGE, Gary Mark | Director | 2014-07-18 | 2016-01-01 |
| SCHOELER, Tim Udo | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-06-28 |
| SHEPHERD, Angela Carolyn | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2023-06-02 |
| SMART, Frederick Bryan | Director | 1996-10-14 | 2006-09-30 |
| STEFFEN, Wilfried | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| TAUSCHER, Hans | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| WHITTINGTON, Michael Kevin | Director | 2012-11-12 | 2014-07-31 |
| WILLIAMSON, Andrew Miles | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| WILLIAMSON, David Neil | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2012-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mercedes-Benz Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-19 |
| Mercedes-Benz Group Ag | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-19 |
| Mercedes-Benz Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-30.1%
£58,230,000 £40,728,000
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Employees
-100%
1 0
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Operating profit
+46.2%
-£1,890,000 -£1,017,000
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Profit before tax
+74.6%
-£1,303,000 -£331,000
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