VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£38K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£32M
Equity attributable
Employees
595
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£491K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED 2007-04-02 → present
- VOSPER'S MOTOR HOUSE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED 1951-06-19 → 2007-04-02
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 | £270,286,000 | £268,869,353 | |
| Operating profit | £2,872,736 | £1,709,386 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,031,493 | -£490,879 | |
| Net profit | £748,221 | -£556,775 | |
| Cash | £3,711,113 | £37,692 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,170,873 | £35,162,805 | |
| Net assets | £32,255,552 | £31,698,777 | |
| Equity | £32,255,552 | £31,698,777 | |
| Average employees | 601 | 595 | |
| Wages | £18,195,037 | £19,160,260 |
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 | 1.1% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 1.43x | 0.73x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' opinion that at the date of signing the accounts the company remains a going concern and therefore the accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Directors remain confident that at the date of signing these accounts the company is still a going concern for many reasons including: Careful cashflow management and our current available headroom in facilities. Excellent relationships with funders. Stress testing analysis of our budgeted revenues and costs.”
Group structure
- VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED · parent
- Vospers Rentacar Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company made a trading loss before tax of £0.5m (2024 - profit of £1.0m) and the balance sheet position decreased at year end with net assets of £31.7m (2023 - £32.3m). Our interest charges remained high at £2.3m (2023 - £2.0m) due to continuing high levels of new vehicle interest bearing stock.”
- “This result has been adversely affected by a contracting private retail new car market down 8.7% in 2024 and within that for us a poor overall electric vehicle performance as we awaited new products.”
- “On the 27th May 2025 the parent company acquired the whole share capital of County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited. This acquisition provides the wider group with a strategic location in North Devon with a well established team and shared family values.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Paul Alexander | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | — | — |
| HASLAM, Mark Douglas | Director | 2008-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| ROGERS, Paul Alexander | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| SUTTON, Richard Paul | Director | 2025-06-02 | Sep 1962 | British |
| TICKNER, Neil | Director | 2018-09-18 | Apr 1963 | British |
| TREMAIN, Peter Jonathan | Director | 2011-02-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| VOSPER, Nicholas Julian Dyer | Director | 2005-03-04 | Feb 1972 | British |
| VOSPER, Peter Graham | Director | — | Jun 1943 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOSS, Eric Seymour | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| VOSPER, Dorothy Eleanor | Secretary | — | 1999-10-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Bryan James | Director | — | 2006-08-29 |
| DARNELL, Benjamin | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2019-07-12 |
| EVANS, William Henry | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2006-11-30 |
| FOSTER, Robert Andrew | Director | — | 2017-08-31 |
| GOSS, Eric Seymour | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2014-08-04 |
| HISCOX, John Greer | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2001-10-31 |
| HISCOX, John Greer | Director | — | 1998-02-23 |
| JONES, Gerald Patrick | Director | 2008-02-04 | 2016-03-11 |
| MACARTNEY, Richard John | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2007-02-09 |
| PROCTOR, Norman Henry | Director | — | 2018-12-03 |
| VOSPER, Dorothy Eleanor | Director | — | 1999-10-30 |
| WIDDECOMBE, Robert Charles | Director | — | 2017-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vospers Of Plymouth Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-20 | 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31