BOWKER PRESTON LIMITED

1. BOWKER PRESTON LIMITED 2006-05-04 → present
2. KINDERS ASHTON GARAGE LIMITED 1982-12-23 → 2006-05-04
3. KINDERS SERVICE STATION LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1982-12-23
4. W.N.WILSON & SON LIMITED 1964-05-13 → 1976-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “In 2024 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) began an investigation into Discretionary Commission Arrangements (DCAs) within automotive finance. The Company ceased sales involving DCAs following their banning in 2021.”
• “Separately, during 2024 the Company ceased the sale of Guaranteed Asset Protection ("GAP") insurance to customers following the FCA highlighting concerns regarding the value of premiums paid by customer as a proportion of claims being paid.”
• “in late 2024 the Company subsequently began reselling GAP insurance following suppliers revisiting their provision to customers.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +9.6%

  £80,978,000 → £88,739,000

• Cash

  -99.3%

  £147,000 → £1,000

• Net assets

  +1.8%

  £8,450,000 → £8,602,000

• Employees

  +3.8%

  158 → 164

• Operating profit

  -43.1%

  £1,857,000 → £1,056,000

• Profit before tax

  -80.2%

  £1,211,000 → £240,000

• Wages

  +15.7%

  £5,074,000 → £5,872,000

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