WILCOX & CO.(LIMOUSINES)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£315K
+233.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
-2% vs 2024
Employees
167
+1.2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£147K
+95% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,383,000 | £17,949,000 | £18,686,366 | £18,064,369 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£2,658,864 | £83,298 | |
| Profit before tax | £160,000 | -£895,000 | -£2,950,491 | -£146,966 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£2,751,668 | -£179,357 | |
| Cash | — | — | £94,584 | £315,218 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £12,264,671 | £11,945,546 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £10,746,247 | £10,528,268 | |
| Equity | £5,217,606 | £5,188,777 | £10,746,247 | £10,528,268 | |
| Average employees | 150 | 143 | 165 | 167 | |
| Wages | — | — | £6,077,049 | £5,666,834 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -14.2% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -14.7% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -21.7% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 44.9% | 42.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.40x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -9.12x | 0.36x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this the directors have considered the Group and Company's financial position and future forecasts including their financing arrangement and are satisfied that the Group and Company can continue to pay their liabilities as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- WILCOX & CO.(LIMOUSINES)LIMITED · parent
- Eagle Specialist Vehicles Limited
- Stratus Estate Ltd
- G M Luff & Partners Limited
Significant events
- “In April 2025, a subsidiary of the Group purchased freehold property for £830,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLELLAND, Martin Stephen | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MCCLELLAND, Martin Stephen | Director | — | Feb 1953 | British |
| WEBB, Jade Charmaine | Director | 2020-06-04 | Jan 1979 | British |
| WILCOX, Louis Mark | Director | 2011-01-04 | Sep 1973 | British |
| WILCOX, Paul David | Director | — | Aug 1951 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILCOX, Peter | Director | — | 2011-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul David Wilcox | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-02-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-06-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
-3.3%
£18,686,366 £18,064,369
-
Cash
+233.3%
£94,584 £315,218
-
Net assets
-2%
£10,746,247 £10,528,268
-
Employees
+1.2%
165 167
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+103.1%
-£2,658,864 £83,298
-
Profit before tax
+95%
-£2,950,491 -£146,966
-
Wages
-6.8%
£6,077,049 £5,666,834
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers