D. STOKER GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£396K
+40.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-5.8% vs 2023
Employees
62
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16K
-96.4% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £31,041,277 | £28,650,397 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £573,505 | £113,831 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £453,974 | £16,415 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £345,870 | £15,113 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £282,157 | £395,993 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £4,899,710 | £4,577,089 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £4,541,810 | £4,278,253 | |
| Equity | £3,908,688 | — | — | — | £4,541,810 | £4,278,253 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 63 | 62 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,932,753 | £1,867,563 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 1.8% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 11.7% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.85x | 1.82x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 4.80x | 1.17x |
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
- MHA
- 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.”
Group structure
- D. STOKER GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Nowjet Limited 50%
Significant events
- “There are presently two main points of litigation in the motor industry, the ongoing diesel emissions litigation & more recently the FCA investigation into discretionary car finance commission.”
- “Used vehicle price volatility can present a significant risk in the event that the market price moves rapidly between the point of purchase and the point of sale of a used vehicle.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOKER, Margaret Elizabeth | Secretary | 1993-04-30 | — | British |
| STOKER, Iain Leslie | Director | — | Dec 1954 | British |
| STOKER, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 1998-05-01 | Aug 1955 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Sylvia Deanna | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BARNES, Sylvia Deanna | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| ELLISON, William Roy | Director | — | 2009-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Iain Leslie Stoker | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-05-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2017-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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
-7.7%
£31,041,277 £28,650,397
-
Cash
+40.3%
£282,157 £395,993
-
Net assets
-5.8%
£4,541,810 £4,278,253
-
Employees
-1.6%
63 62
-
Operating profit
-80.2%
£573,505 £113,831
-
Profit before tax
-96.4%
£453,974 £16,415
-
Wages
-3.4%
£1,932,753 £1,867,563
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