VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED
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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
- VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- H.J.H.ENGINEERING LIMITED 1971-07-29 → 1980-12-31
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 | £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 | 601 | 595 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 2.10x | 1.39x |
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
- VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED · parent
- Vospers Motor House Limited 100%
- Vospers Rentacar Limited 100%
- Vospers of Truro Limited 100%
- Sidwell Street Motors Limited 100%
- Epsom Motor Group Limited 100%
- Exeter Motor Group Limited 100%
- Truro Garages Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 27th May 2025 the group acquired the whole share capital of County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited. This acquisition provides us with a strategic location in North Devon with a well established team and shared family values.”
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 | |
| 2026-04-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
-0.5%
£270,286,000 £268,869,353
-
Cash
-99%
£3,711,113 £37,692
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£43,574,309 £44,180,175
-
Employees
-1%
601 595
-
Operating profit
-27.1%
£4,213,619 £3,071,645
-
Profit before tax
-55.7%
£2,248,312 £995,897
-
Wages
+5.3%
£18,195,037 £19,160,260
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