ALD AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
-99.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£141M
+31.5% vs 2023
Employees
576
-22% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£46M
+20.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- ALD AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 2001-10-17 → present
- BCH VEHICLE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1996-03-18 → 2001-10-17
- BCH (VEHICLE MANAGEMENT) LIMITED 1996-01-25 → 1996-03-18
- BRYAN CONTRACT HIRE LIMITED 1990-12-05 → 1996-01-25
- BRYAN BROTHERS (CONTRACT HIRE) LIMITED 1984-01-06 → 1990-12-05
- BRYAN BROS. (CONTRACT HIRE) LIMITED 1970-08-20 → 1984-01-06
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 | £1,006,535,000 | £1,091,475,000 | |
| Operating profit | £109,733,000 | £151,048,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £38,424,000 | £46,415,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,284,000 | £33,663,000 | |
| Cash | £657,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,743,907,000 | £1,673,413,000 | |
| Net assets | £106,866,000 | £140,529,000 | |
| Equity | £106,866,000 | £140,529,000 | |
| Average employees | 738 | 576 | |
| Wages | £28,187,000 | £28,294,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 13.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.3% | 95.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.39x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.96x | 1.06x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore believe the Company is a going concern and in its ability to continue with the current funding arrangements provided by the ultimate parent undertaking which is supported by a letter of support from Ayvens S.A.”
Significant events
- “In August 2024, the securitisation arrangement with Red & Black Auto Lease 1 PLC was renewed with a revolving 6 month period with a new carrying amount of £725m, with £500m in Class A Notes and £225m Class B Notes respectively.”
- “On 1 August 2025 the Supreme Court ruled on motor finance commissions cases, after which the FCA announced it will consult on an industry-wide redress scheme.”
- “In 2025 the Company purchased all vehicles in the broker-introduced portfolio of LeasePlan UK Limited, with 55,000 vehicles transferred in four tranches between March and September with a total transfer value of £818m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Lisa | Secretary | 2023-10-16 | — | — |
| CULLY, Rob | Director | 2025-04-23 | Nov 1978 | British |
| LAVER, Timothy James | Director | 2019-07-01 | May 1975 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Keith | Secretary | 2003-01-17 | 2012-11-30 |
| BARTLETT, Andrew William | Secretary | 2001-01-05 | 2001-06-28 |
| BRYAN, Michael James | Secretary | — | 1995-12-14 |
| CUMMINS, Diarmuid | Secretary | 1999-02-19 | 2000-03-07 |
| LAVER, Timothy James | Secretary | 2013-01-03 | 2016-11-18 |
| PRESTON, Stuart | Secretary | 2000-03-07 | 2001-01-05 |
| WIGG, Timothy John | Secretary | 1995-12-14 | 1999-02-19 |
| WITHNALL, Katie | Secretary | 2001-06-28 | 2003-01-17 |
| WOODWARD, Anna Catherine | Secretary | 2016-11-18 | 2023-10-16 |
| ALLEN, Keith | Director | 1996-02-15 | 2012-11-30 |
| BLACK, Chris | Director | 2024-10-09 | 2025-04-23 |
| BRYAN, James Robert Emmett | Director | — | 1994-04-24 |
| BRYAN, Michael James | Director | — | 1994-04-24 |
| CORDERO, Alfonso Martinez | Director | 2023-10-16 | 2024-10-09 |
| DAWSON, Melvyn William | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2019-07-01 |
| DEGAND, Jean Pierre Albert | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2011-07-08 |
| DOYLE, Joe | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2003-09-26 |
| FLETCHER, Nigel Norman | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2013-04-26 |
| HOPKINS, Roger Frederick | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2000-04-06 |
| LAVER, Timothy James | Director | 2013-01-03 | 2018-09-20 |
| MASTERSON, Mike | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2018-09-20 |
| PEPPER, Richard Michael | Director | — | 1999-07-14 |
| PLUMMER, Kenneth Clive | Director | — | 1994-07-15 |
| RENAUD, Jean Claude | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2008-04-01 |
| SERRES, Pascal | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2014-04-17 |
| SHIPTON, George Ambrose | Director | — | 1989-01-31 |
| SOMA, Giovanni Luca | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2014-04-17 |
| TAYLOR, Gregory Michael | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2016-05-05 |
| TURNER, Ian | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-10-16 |
| WATKIN, Philip John | Director | — | 1995-12-14 |
| WIGG, Timothy John | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1999-12-31 |
| YATES, David Andrew | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2021-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ald Automotive Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 772 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.4%
£1,006,535,000 £1,091,475,000
-
Cash
-99.8%
£657,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
+31.5%
£106,866,000 £140,529,000
-
Employees
-22%
738 576
-
Operating profit
+37.7%
£109,733,000 £151,048,000
-
Profit before tax
+20.8%
£38,424,000 £46,415,000
-
Wages
+0.4%
£28,187,000 £28,294,000
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