FRED SMITH & SONS (MOTOR BODIES) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-11.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
87
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£728K
-23.1% vs 2024
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 | £13,012,577 | £12,332,708 | |
| Operating profit | £1,030,883 | £951,530 | |
| Profit before tax | £947,426 | £728,244 | |
| Net profit | £682,787 | £544,480 | |
| Cash | £2,806,599 | £2,481,121 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,629,351 | £9,042,121 | |
| Net assets | £5,076,035 | £5,500,515 | |
| Equity | £5,076,035 | £5,500,515 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 87 | |
| Wages | £3,531,066 | £3,266,287 |
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 | 7.9% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.8% | 61.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | 5.47x | 3.16x |
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
- Ian Richmond Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Auditor confirmed director's use of going concern basis appropriate. No material uncertainties identified relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from when the financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, James | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | — | British |
| COTTAM, Emma Louise | Director | 2000-09-21 | Apr 1968 | English |
| SMITH, Clarke Douglas | Director | 2000-09-21 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SMITH, James | Director | 2000-09-21 | Jan 1975 | British |
| SMITH, Robert | Director | 2000-09-21 | Jun 1977 | English |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Patrick | Secretary | — | 2004-03-31 |
| EVANSON, Ann | Director | 1995-04-06 | 2005-08-31 |
| SMITH, Fred | Director | — | 2010-01-31 |
| SMITH, Gregory Frederick | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2018-08-04 |
| SMITH, Martin John | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2024-03-30 |
| SMITH, Michael | Director | — | 2000-09-21 |
| SMITH, Patrick | Director | — | 2000-09-21 |
| SMITH, William | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| WILFORD, Jane | Director | 1995-04-06 | 2005-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telldeal Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-5.2%
£13,012,577 £12,332,708
-
Cash
-11.6%
£2,806,599 £2,481,121
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£5,076,035 £5,500,515
-
Employees
-1.1%
88 87
-
Operating profit
-7.7%
£1,030,883 £951,530
-
Profit before tax
-23.1%
£947,426 £728,244
-
Wages
-7.5%
£3,531,066 £3,266,287
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