FORD RETAIL GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£21M
-0.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
-0.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
-36.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FORD RETAIL GROUP LIMITED 2007-01-02 → present
- POLAR MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 1969-03-20 → 2007-01-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,444,698 | £3,450,061 | |
| Net profit | £5,454,770 | £3,460,078 | |
| Cash | £21,181,169 | £21,127,604 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £32,332,663 | £32,192,741 | |
| Equity | £32,332,663 | £32,192,741 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.3% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 202.34x | 20797.85x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the financial position of the company at 31 December 2024 and the projected cash flows and financial performance for the 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. They consider the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FORD RETAIL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Ford Retail Limited 100%
- Standard Leasing Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANSOME, Mary Lucy | Secretary | 2015-05-26 | — | — |
| DARNELL, Michael Peter | Director | 2026-05-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| MUSTOE, Stuart David | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2023-03-27 | Mar 1967 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARNELL, Michael Peter | Secretary | 2016-07-26 | 2026-04-30 |
| HUGHES, Graham Paul | Secretary | 2004-04-30 | 2009-06-17 |
| MACK, Lewis Bernard | Secretary | — | 1995-01-31 |
| PAGE, Clive Charles | Secretary | 2004-04-30 | 2015-05-26 |
| MATHESON & CO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-01-31 | 2004-04-30 |
| BEYNON, Peter | Director | 1998-06-12 | 1999-12-31 |
| BRADLEY, Eamon | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2004-04-30 |
| BROWN, Angus Lushington Wylie | Director | 2004-12-21 | 2011-12-31 |
| BURGESS, Christopher Martin | Director | — | 1995-01-27 |
| CHECKLEY, Kenneth | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2004-08-27 |
| COWPER, John Bernard | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2000-04-17 |
| CRAMTON, Kevin | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2002-06-09 |
| FOULDS, Stuart Edgar | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2022-02-11 |
| GEIGER, Gregory | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2000-02-17 |
| GLANVILLE, Shaun | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2026-04-30 |
| HAYDEN, Christopher William Roberts | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2011-06-30 |
| HOOD, Stephen Glenn | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2017-09-18 |
| HOUSTON, Samuel George | Director | 2001-06-30 | 2004-04-30 |
| JACKSON, Eric | Director | — | 1995-01-27 |
| JASON, Nicholas John | Director | 2017-09-18 | 2019-09-26 |
| JONES, Alun Morton | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2004-04-30 |
| JUDGE, Bernard Francis Thomas | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2001-01-19 |
| KERR, Stuart Donald | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2015-01-01 |
| MACK, Lewis Bernard | Director | — | 1995-09-20 |
| MACNIVEN, Paul Alexander | Director | 2013-07-25 | 2016-10-31 |
| MACNIVEN, Paul Alexander | Director | 2002-06-10 | 2004-04-30 |
| MYERS, Bryan David | Director | 2004-04-30 | 2013-01-31 |
| PARKER, Nigel Martin | Director | 2004-12-21 | 2006-02-03 |
| POTTS, Derek | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-06-29 |
| POTTS, Derek | Director | 1995-01-27 | 1997-01-31 |
| RITCHIE, John Muir | Director | 1995-01-27 | 2000-10-31 |
| STREETS, Harry | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1995-09-20 |
| THORLEY, David Ian | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2007-08-05 |
| WATKINS, Terry Christopher | Director | — | 1995-09-20 |
| WILLIAMS, Steven Wyn | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2013-12-31 |
| WITT, John Raymond | Director | 1997-02-01 | 1998-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Motor Company Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-0.3%
£21,181,169 £21,127,604
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£32,332,663 £32,192,741
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-36.6%
£5,444,698 £3,450,061
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