CARWOOD MOTOR UNITS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£24M
+58.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+67.6% vs 2023
Employees
301
+12.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+53% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CARWOOD MOTOR UNITS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- GORDON MARCH LIMITED 1949-06-14 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,843,171 | £73,401,298 | |
| Operating profit | £8,006,927 | £11,623,095 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,132,899 | £12,447,030 | |
| Net profit | £6,582,757 | £9,433,647 | |
| Cash | £15,264,784 | £24,260,898 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,237,977 | £23,672,624 | |
| Net assets | £13,955,977 | £23,389,624 | |
| Equity | £13,955,977 | £23,389,624 | |
| Average employees | 267 | 301 | |
| Wages | £8,649,298 | £10,307,689 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 15.8% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 56.2% | 49.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.3% | 53.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | 72.75x | — |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dafferns LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- CARWOOD MOTOR UNITS LIMITED · parent
- Carwood BDS Limited 77.5%
- Carwood Diesel Systems Limited 100%
- Reman (UK) Limited 100%
- Diesel Injection (UK) Limited 100%
- Carwood Defence Limited 100%
- Brise Ltd 100%
- Carwood Van Kappel Limited 50%
Significant events
- “CO2 emissions are a point of focus for all businesses. Regulatory reviews including the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and other specific reports have assisted the Company in identifying improvements to reduce CO2 emissions. Improvements initiated by the Company include continuing to invest in our facilities ensuring old inefficient equipment is replaced where needed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POND, Nigel Walter | Secretary | 2012-03-20 | — | — |
| BAIRD, Alan Campbell | Director | 2017-10-03 | Dec 1957 | British |
| CARTER, Gary Ronald | Director | — | May 1945 | British |
| HOPKINS, David Nigel | Director | 2005-02-07 | Nov 1959 | British |
| MCKEOWN, Glenn Adam | Director | 2026-03-23 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MULHOLLAND, Kevin Patrick | Director | — | Jul 1956 | British |
| POND, Nigel Walter | Director | 2012-03-20 | Feb 1971 | British |
| QUANTRELL, Simon John | Director | 2020-01-13 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Peter John | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 2012-03-20 |
| WEST, Reginald Lawrence | Secretary | — | 1993-09-01 |
| BOARDMAN, Peter John | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| GRAHAM, Andrew James | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2015-09-08 |
| HAYNES, Simon | Director | 1994-07-27 | 1998-11-05 |
| NEILL, Ian Harold | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| SMITH, Barry Michael | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2000-04-14 |
| WEDGEWOOD, David Robert | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carwood Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-05-14 | 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
- 1
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+29.1%
£56,843,171 £73,401,298
-
Cash
+58.9%
£15,264,784 £24,260,898
-
Net assets
+67.6%
£13,955,977 £23,389,624
-
Employees
+12.7%
267 301
-
Operating profit
+45.2%
£8,006,927 £11,623,095
-
Profit before tax
+53%
£8,132,899 £12,447,030
-
Wages
+19.2%
£8,649,298 £10,307,689
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