COBA AUTOMOTIVE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-16 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£109K
+274.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-7.3% vs 2024
Employees
155
+5.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£548K
-158.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COBA AUTOMOTIVE (UK) LIMITED 2018-07-02 → present
- COBA PLASTICS LIMITED 1966-08-12 → 2018-07-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,176,375 | £19,003,198 | |
| Operating profit | £869,173 | -£479,082 | |
| Profit before tax | £934,924 | -£548,044 | |
| Net profit | £699,476 | -£416,028 | |
| Cash | £29,235 | £109,358 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,720,029 | £5,304,001 | |
| Equity | £5,720,029 | £5,304,001 | |
| Average employees | 147 | 155 | |
| Wages | £4,096,265 | £4,342,517 |
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 | 4.1% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | -2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.54x | 2.73x | |
| Interest cover | — | -6.95x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties 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 a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COBA AUTOMOTIVE (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Extrudaseal Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The business completed the acquisition of Extrudaseal Ltd on 1st July 2025. In August 2025 the assets and manufacturing of this business was transferred to COBA Automotive's site in Leicester.”
- “On 1st July 2025, the company acquired 100% of the share capital of Extrudaseal Limited a company registered in England and Wales. The acquisition price was £2.4m. On 1st August 2025, the trade and assets of Extrudaseal Limited were then hived up into Coba Automotive (UK) Limited and Extrudaseal Limited became a dormant company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Jonathan Clifford | Director | 2012-10-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| COOKE, Mark Anthony | Director | 1993-02-20 | Feb 1968 | British |
| PEAT, Robert Nigel | Director | 2017-07-10 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Mark Anthony | Secretary | 2001-03-26 | 2001-07-02 |
| DOWSETT, Barrie John | Secretary | 2001-07-02 | 2012-01-31 |
| HAWKIN, Timothy David | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | 2013-06-24 |
| TILSON, David Stephen | Secretary | — | 2001-03-26 |
| COOKE, Joyce | Director | — | 2017-07-10 |
| COOKE, Richard | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1999-01-26 |
| COOKE, William Anthony | Director | — | 2001-07-17 |
| DOWSETT, Barrie John | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2012-01-31 |
| HAWKIN, Timothy David | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2013-06-24 |
| TILSON, David Stephen | Director | — | 2001-03-26 |
| WILLS, Frederick George | Director | — | 2002-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coba Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-12-23 | Active |
| Mr Mark Anthony Cooke | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2023-12-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-06-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
-10.3%
£21,176,375 £19,003,198
-
Cash
+274.1%
£29,235 £109,358
-
Net assets
-7.3%
£5,720,029 £5,304,001
-
Employees
+5.4%
147 155
-
Operating profit
-155.1%
£869,173 -£479,082
-
Profit before tax
-158.6%
£934,924 -£548,044
-
Wages
+6%
£4,096,265 £4,342,517
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