HONDA MOTOR EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
Cash
£37M
+65.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£798M
-34.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,281
+1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£204M
-582.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position and that the Company's financial resources or ability to continue operations over the going concern period.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HONDA MOTOR EUROPE LIMITED 1991-04-01 → present
- HONDA (U.K.) LIMITED 1965-09-01 → 1991-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,498,202,000 | £3,961,917,000 | |
| Operating profit | £48,492,000 | -£80,181,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£29,882,000 | -£203,976,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,306,000 | -£209,945,000 | |
| Cash | £22,508,000 | £37,166,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£280,466,000 | -£514,054,000 | |
| Net assets | -£595,012,000 | -£798,213,000 | |
| Equity | -£595,012,000 | -£798,213,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,266 | 1,281 | |
| Wages | £100,402,000 | £115,595,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.3% | 15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 118.2% | 128.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.67x | |
| Interest cover | 0.56x | -0.75x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position and that the Company's financial resources or ability to continue operations over the going concern period.”
Group structure
- HONDA MOTOR EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Honda of the UK Manufacturing Limited 80.32%
- Honda France Manufacturing SA 100%
- CIAP Spa 100%
- Honda Finance Europe plc 100%
- Honda Bank GmbH 100%
- Honda Bank GmbH, Branch in Spain 100%
- Honda Motor Europe Logistics NV 100%
- Honda Turkiye A S 100%
- Montesa Honda S A 100%
- Honda Italia Industriale SPA 100%
- Honda Motor Russia LLC (Not Trading) 99.99%
- Honda Access Europe NV 100%
- Garage City Servette SA 100%
- Honda Retail Group SA 100%
- Garage du Golf 100%
- Garage des Jardins SA 100%
- Garage Villars Chandolan SA 100%
- Letzigraben Garage AG 100%
- Honda Versicherungsdienst GmbH 100%
- Honda Center GmbH 100%
- Honda Ukraine LLC 100%
- Honda Group-UK Pension Scheme Trustee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company continued to experience logistic delays and shipping challenges due to geopolitical issues and other global events during the year ending 31 March 2025.”
- “The Company introduced its 'omni channel' sales route for the sale of e Ny1 and HRV in the UK, reacting to the change in customers buying habits. This was extended to the retail sales of all Honda automobile models sold in UK in October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELLS, Ian | Secretary | 2009-04-17 | — | British |
| DE JAEGER, Hans Richard Ivonne | Director | 2023-04-01 | Oct 1965 | Belgian |
| EROSKAY, Can Refik | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1970 | Turkish |
| HOWELLS, Ian | Director | 2013-04-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| STRENG, Jean-Marc | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1967 | French |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, William David Graeme | Secretary | — | 2009-04-17 |
| GARDNER, Thomas | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| HACHIGO, Takahiro | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| HARADA, Minoru | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| IGUCHI, Kogen | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| IIYAMA, Kazuto | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| INOUE, Katsushi | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-05-01 |
| ITO, Hiroyuki | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2003-04-01 |
| ITO, Kazue | Director | — | 1998-06-01 |
| KANAZAWA, Suguru | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| KATO, Kentaro | Director | 1996-07-24 | 1998-06-01 |
| KATO, Masaaki | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2007-04-01 |
| KEIR, Kenneth William | Director | 2003-04-08 | 2013-04-01 |
| KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| MAEKAWA, Yasuhisa | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-04-01 |
| MIKOSHIBA, Toshiaki | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-04-01 |
| MIKOSHIBA, Toshiaki | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| MIYAKE, Shojiro | Director | 1992-01-18 | 1994-06-29 |
| MIYAKE, Shojiro | Director | — | 1993-10-02 |
| MIYOSHI, Takeomi | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| NISHIMAE, Manabu | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| NISHIMOTO, Jun | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2021-10-01 |
| NOGUCHI, Makito | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| OKUDA, Katsuhisa | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| ROSS, William Philip | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2018-04-01 |
| SAITO, Toshio | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2003-04-01 |
| SHIMADA, Hisahiro | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| SHINKAI, Michiaki | Director | 1997-11-13 | 2000-09-25 |
| SUZUKI, Hisao | Director | 1996-07-24 | 2000-12-22 |
| TAKAGI, Shigeru | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2011-03-01 |
| TAKANO, Akira | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| TAKIZAWA, Soichiro | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-04-01 |
| TSUKAMOTO, Ryuichi | Director | 1994-06-29 | 1996-07-24 |
| UENO, Mitsuhiro | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| YAMAMOTO, Soichi | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2018-04-01 |
| YAMATO, Takayuki | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| ZAIMA, Hiroshi | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2001-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honda Motor Co.Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 380 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-11.9%
£4,498,202,000 £3,961,917,000
-
Cash
+65.1%
£22,508,000 £37,166,000
-
Net assets
-34.2%
-£595,012,000 -£798,213,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
1,266 1,281
-
Operating profit
-265.3%
£48,492,000 -£80,181,000
-
Profit before tax
-582.6%
-£29,882,000 -£203,976,000
-
Wages
+15.1%
£100,402,000 £115,595,000
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