MOTO HOSPITALITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-25
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35M
-5.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£140M
+7.3% vs 2023
Employees
5,701
+0.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
+225.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-27 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,067,526,000 | £1,075,430,000 | |
| Operating profit | £67,830,000 | £66,555,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£16,997,000 | £21,337,000 | |
| Net profit | -£25,786,000 | £9,537,000 | |
| Cash | £37,470,000 | £35,495,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £792,499,000 | £808,882,000 | |
| Net assets | £130,236,000 | £139,773,000 | |
| Equity | £130,236,000 | £139,773,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,694 | 5,701 | |
| Wages | £104,021,000 | £116,965,000 |
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 | 2023-12-27 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 8.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 0.79x | 1.10x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In summary, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least 12 months from signing the financial statements, and there are no material uncertainties. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MOTO HOSPITALITY LIMITED · parent
- Poplar 2000 100%
- Moto Motorway Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROCTER, Amy Ruth | Secretary | 2021-08-04 | — | — |
| CATLIN, Claire Louise | Director | 2020-05-15 | Jan 1980 | British |
| MCMEIKAN, Kennedy | Director | 2018-11-22 | May 1965 | British |
| TATUM, Nicholas Benjamin | Director | 2020-10-05 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELSON, Julia | Secretary | 2016-04-13 | 2021-08-04 |
| JAVES, Peter Howard | Secretary | — | 1997-08-29 |
| MASON, Timothy Charles | Secretary | 2000-09-29 | 2006-06-15 |
| PRYNN, Robert James | Secretary | 2006-06-15 | 2016-04-13 |
| TAUTZ, Helen Jane | Secretary | 1997-08-29 | 2000-09-29 |
| ALLEN, Charles Lamb | Director | — | 2000-09-29 |
| BOGG, Dyson Peter Kelly | Director | 2006-06-15 | 2010-11-03 |
| BUDD, Helen Jane | Director | 2004-04-23 | 2006-06-15 |
| COPNER, Christopher Charles James | Director | 2002-01-30 | 2005-09-20 |
| COWLEY, Andrew Christian | Director | 2007-11-08 | 2009-06-04 |
| CRITOPH, Stephen Mark Anthony | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2004-09-24 |
| DAHLSTROM, Carl Henrik | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2015-10-26 |
| DAVENPORT, Donald Andrew | Director | 1996-06-17 | 2002-07-10 |
| FRANKLIN, Charles Peter | Director | 2001-08-30 | 2004-07-09 |
| GEIGER, Geoffrey Fenn | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2016-04-13 |
| GITTINS, Timothy James | Director | 2004-12-21 | 2006-06-15 |
| HALDER, Graeme Robert | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1996-11-29 |
| JACKSON, John Duncan | Director | — | 1995-12-08 |
| JOHNSTON, Leslie Matthew | Director | — | 1994-05-27 |
| KELLY, Maurice William | Director | 1998-06-08 | 1999-12-10 |
| KELLY, Paul | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2003-02-11 |
| KENT, David Charles | Director | — | 1994-11-25 |
| LARKIN, Brian Francis | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2006-06-15 |
| LEAMON, Wayne Anthony | Director | 2006-10-03 | 2007-11-08 |
| LEONARD, Amanda | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2003-03-04 |
| LOTTS, Brian David | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2006-06-15 |
| MARTIN, Andrew David | Director | 1998-06-08 | 1999-11-03 |
| MARTIN, Richard | Director | 1995-04-07 | 1997-12-31 |
| MAVITY, Harold Roger Wallis | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1995-11-20 |
| MORRISON, John Edward | Director | — | 1995-09-19 |
| MORTIMER, David Grant | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2004-12-21 |
| MOSS, Timothy Charles | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2018-11-22 |
| MOSS, Timothy Charles | Director | 1996-03-18 | 2006-06-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Patrick Gerard | Director | 2006-06-15 | 2006-10-03 |
| O'NEILL, Timothy Francis | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1996-12-24 |
| PARSONS, Gordon Ian Winston | Director | 2009-06-04 | 2015-10-26 |
| PATTERSON, Nigel John Arthur | Director | 1995-11-20 | 1997-05-23 |
| PERUSAT, Marc Michel | Director | 2010-12-13 | 2013-04-07 |
| POSTER, Stephen Michael | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| POTTS, Nicholas Edward | Director | 1995-11-30 | 1996-11-30 |
| POWELL, Michael James | Director | 2015-10-26 | 2016-04-13 |
| PRYNN, Robert James | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2020-05-15 |
| PRYNN, Robert James | Director | 1998-06-08 | 2006-06-15 |
| RAVEN, Anthony James | Director | — | 2006-06-15 |
| RAYNER, Christopher Haydon | Director | 1997-04-21 | 2001-08-03 |
| ROBERTSON, Andrew Michael | Director | — | 2000-01-12 |
| ROBINSON, Gerrard Jude, Sir | Director | 2006-10-03 | 2015-05-15 |
| ROGERS, Christopher John | Director | 2004-09-06 | 2006-06-15 |
| SPALL, Philip Andrew | Director | 2003-02-11 | 2006-05-18 |
| TURL, Simon Charles | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2001-08-30 |
| WALLACE, Graham Martyn | Director | 1995-11-20 | 1997-01-31 |
| YOUNG, Nicholas John | Director | 2001-08-06 | 2002-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 343 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-17 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-07-15 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-15 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-15 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2023-07-07 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-07-04 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-06-12 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-06-12 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2022-07-13 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-07-13 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2022-07-13 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-25 vs 2023-12-27
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£1,067,526,000 £1,075,430,000
-
Cash
-5.3%
£37,470,000 £35,495,000
-
Net assets
+7.3%
£130,236,000 £139,773,000
-
Employees
+0.1%
5,694 5,701
-
Operating profit
-1.9%
£67,830,000 £66,555,000
-
Profit before tax
+225.5%
-£16,997,000 £21,337,000
-
Wages
+12.4%
£104,021,000 £116,965,000
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