MOTUS GROUP (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£55M
Equity attributable
Employees
3,018
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
Period ending 2025-06-30
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MOTUS GROUP (UK) LIMITED 2018-07-03 → present
- IMPERIAL COMMERCIALS LTD 2006-06-08 → 2018-07-03
- LEX COMMERCIALS LIMITED 1994-09-23 → 2006-06-08
- LEX TILLOTSON LIMITED 1960-03-23 → 1994-09-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,205,542,000 | £1,136,081,000 | |
| Operating profit | £28,726,000 | £26,601,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,209,000 | £15,322,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,378,000 | £4,045,000 | |
| Cash | £11,946,000 | £22,685,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £130,374,000 | £130,691,000 | |
| Net assets | £50,954,000 | £54,986,000 | |
| Equity | £50,954,000 | £54,986,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,934 | 3,018 | |
| Wages | £110,886,000 | £109,995,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.0% | 20.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 2.27x | 2.34x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the detailed forecasts prepared by management, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to trade for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing and approving these financial statements. Accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis when preparing this Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “The Motus Truck and Van (MTV) division was disposed of on 14 March 2025.”
- “On 9 June 2025, the company acquired the trade and assets of Aftercare Response Limited (ACR), a business that provides mobile maintenance support to commercial vehicles, ACR is part of the MVS division.”
- “As part of an internal restructuring exercise, on 1 June 2025 the company acquired the trade and assets of the Aftercare Response Limited, a subsidiary of Motus Holdings (UK) Limited, at net book value.”
- “During the year ended 30 June 2025 the company discontinued certain retail operations, which included our Mercedes LCV and Daimler Truck Franchises, the Park Road Oldham LCV and Passenger vehicle dealership and the Warrington Bodyshop business, as part of a strategic realignment of its operations. A contract for sale for the Mercedes LCV and Daimler Truck Franchises exchanged on 3 December 2024 and completed on 14 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELCH, Andrew Barrie | Secretary | 2006-04-11 | — | British |
| CARNEY, Thomas Kevin | Director | 2026-02-04 | Jan 1970 | British |
| LAWRENSON, Matthew Derek | Director | 2016-01-04 | Sep 1970 | British |
| TRUSCOTT, Robert Gordon | Director | 2017-09-11 | Jun 1965 | British |
| WELCH, Andrew Barrie | Director | 2004-09-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Pamela Mary | Secretary | 2000-05-22 | 2005-06-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Elaine | Secretary | 1996-07-16 | 1998-06-26 |
| YOUNG, Mark Lees | Secretary | 1998-06-26 | 2000-05-22 |
| YOUNG, Mark Lees | Secretary | — | 1996-07-16 |
| AVIVA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2006-04-11 |
| ARBEE, Osman Suluman | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2024-01-19 |
| BOETTGER, Roeloff Jacobus | Director | 2006-04-11 | 2007-05-31 |
| BRODY, Hubert Rene | Director | 2006-04-11 | 2007-08-07 |
| COSGROVE, Peter | Director | 1994-12-16 | 1997-02-06 |
| COX, David Charles | Director | 1994-05-03 | 1997-09-12 |
| CRAWLEY, David Ralph | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| DAWSON, Robin Charles Alfred | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| DUFFY, William Kenneth | Director | 1997-10-15 | 2003-07-01 |
| EASTER, Philip Charles | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2006-04-11 |
| FERGUSON MINTY, William | Director | 2006-05-30 | 2016-05-23 |
| FOURIE, Pieter | Director | 2006-05-30 | 2006-09-30 |
| GALLOWAY, David Allistair | Director | — | 1994-12-16 |
| HARRIS, Peter Robert | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2006-04-11 |
| HASPELL, Albert Geoffrey | Director | 2006-05-30 | 2014-11-30 |
| JAMES, Peter Andrew | Director | 2006-05-30 | 2008-09-30 |
| JAMES, Peter Andrew | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2004-09-01 |
| JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Ockert Jacobus | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2024-01-19 |
| JONES, Richard George | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
| LEWIS, David | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2021-08-01 |
| LEWIS, David | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2017-12-01 |
| LEWIS, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2004-02-25 | 2006-04-11 |
| LYNCH, William Gerald | Director | 2006-04-11 | 2006-05-09 |
| MACHELL, Simon Christopher | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2006-04-11 |
| MCWILLIAM, Martin Frederick | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2009-02-28 |
| MICHAUX, Philip Bernard | Director | 2007-06-05 | 2019-05-13 |
| OAKES, Ian Thomas | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| PEEL, David Ivor | Director | 2022-08-25 | 2025-07-31 |
| SEWARD, Lee | Director | 2021-01-26 | 2025-03-13 |
| SIMPSON, Alan Keith | Director | 1997-02-06 | 1998-12-31 |
| SNOWBALL, Patrick Joseph Robert | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2006-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motus Holdings (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 240 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30