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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-19 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-05-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£38K

-99% vs 2023

Net assets

£44M

+1.4% vs 2023

Employees

595

-1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£996K

-55.7% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
  2. H.J.H.ENGINEERING LIMITED 1971-07-29 → 1980-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £270,286,000£268,869,353
Operating profit £4,213,619£3,071,645
Profit before tax £2,248,312£995,897
Net profit £1,715,980£605,866
Cash £3,711,113£37,692
Total assets less current liabilities £53,923,852£51,581,088
Net assets £43,574,309£44,180,175
Equity £43,574,309£44,180,175
Average employees 601595
Wages £18,195,037£19,160,260

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 1.6%1.1%
Net margin 0.6%0.2%
Return on capital employed 7.8%6.0%
Current ratio 1.10x1.05x
Interest cover 2.10x1.39x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors remain confident that at the date of signing these accounts the group and company are still a going concern for many reasons including: • Careful cashflow management and our current available headroom in facilities. • Excellent relationships with funders. • Stress testing analysis of our budgeted revenues and costs. • Repeat business from sales customers purchasing vehicles on finance. • Aftersales business being retained with service plans and fleet contracts, vehicles needing annual MOT's and customers needing to keep servicing up to date so as to not invalidate their manufacturer vehicle warranty. • Key regional partner for several vehicle manufacturers.”

Group structure

  1. VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED · parent
    1. Vospers Motor House Limited 100% · England and Wales · motor dealer
    2. Vospers Rentacar Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant
    3. Vospers of Truro Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant
    4. Sidwell Street Motors Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant
    5. Epsom Motor Group Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant
    6. Exeter Motor Group Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant
    7. Truro Garages Limited 100% · England and Wales · dormant

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ROGERS, Paul Alexander Secretary 2014-01-01
VOSPER, Nicholas Julian Dyer Director 2005-03-04 Feb 1972 British
VOSPER, Peter Graham Director Jun 1943 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GOSS, Eric Seymour Secretary 1999-09-10 2014-01-01
VOSPER, Ingrid Mary Secretary 1999-09-10
VOSPER, Dorothy Eleanor Director 2017-08-10
VOSPER, Ingrid Mary Director 1999-09-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Nicholas Julian Dyer Vosper Individual Voting 25–50% 2025-11-24 Active
Mr Peter Graham Vosper Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2017-02-01 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 194 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-04-03 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-01 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-27 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-27 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-27 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-11-19 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-11-19 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-11-19 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-11-15 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-15 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-15 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-15 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-11-12 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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