WORCESTER CARSALES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-11 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+33.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
336
-3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+54.1% vs 2023
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 | £163,870,080 | £162,795,863 | |
| Operating profit | £1,258,424 | £1,824,223 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,015,336 | £1,564,760 | |
| Net profit | £720,821 | £960,378 | |
| Cash | £2,487,824 | £3,330,747 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,030,170 | £8,197,499 | |
| Net assets | £7,990,888 | £7,971,266 | |
| Equity | £7,990,888 | £7,971,266 | |
| Average employees | 349 | 336 | |
| Wages | £10,655,185 | £11,473,037 |
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 | 0.8% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | 22.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 3.57x | 4.37x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIEVESON, Stuart Paul | Secretary | — | — | British |
| GRIEVESON, Alexandra Lilian | Director | 2018-07-23 | Oct 1981 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Frances Eleanor Marion | Director | — | Aug 1955 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Oliver | Director | 2018-07-23 | Jan 1988 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Stephen James | Director | 2019-03-07 | Jul 1986 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Stuart Paul | Director | — | Aug 1953 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Carsales Limited (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-12 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2021-05-12 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2021-05-12 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2020-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.7%
£163,870,080 £162,795,863
-
Cash
+33.9%
£2,487,824 £3,330,747
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£7,990,888 £7,971,266
-
Employees
-3.7%
349 336
-
Operating profit
+45%
£1,258,424 £1,824,223
-
Profit before tax
+54.1%
£1,015,336 £1,564,760
-
Wages
+7.7%
£10,655,185 £11,473,037
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