DICK LOVETT (HUNGERFORD) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£864K
-68.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-23.1% vs 2023
Employees
51
+4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£39K
-103.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DICK LOVETT (HUNGERFORD) LIMITED 2002-01-03 → present
- HUNGERFORD GARAGES LIMITED 1972-01-12 → 2002-01-03
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £44,518,000 | £42,238,000 | £48,562,000 | — | £51,030,000 | £42,669,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £364,000 | £791,000 | £1,396,000 | — | £1,410,000 | £235,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £277,000 | £741,000 | £1,350,000 | £1,740,000 | £1,218,000 | -£39,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £226,000 | £600,000 | £1,093,000 | £1,409,000 | £929,000 | -£26,000 | |
| Cash | — | £393,000 | £2,325,000 | £1,260,000 | £1,774,000 | £2,733,000 | £864,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,567,000 | £3,017,000 | £3,620,000 | £4,534,000 | £4,470,000 | £3,601,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,610,000 | £4,519,000 | £4,448,000 | £3,422,000 | |
| Equity | £2,591,000 | £2,567,000 | £3,017,000 | £3,610,000 | £4,519,000 | £4,448,000 | £3,422,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 55 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 51 | |
| Wages | — | £1,709,000 | £1,640,000 | £1,575,000 | £1,593,000 | £1,644,000 | £1,654,000 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.8% | 1.9% | 2.9% | — | 2.8% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.5% | 1.4% | 2.3% | — | 1.8% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 14.2% | 26.2% | 38.6% | — | 31.5% | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.60x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.91x | 8.51x | 20.23x | — | 5.30x | 0.68x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The company has given guarantees to the group's bankers in respect of loans and overdraft of group companies which at 31 December 2024 amounted to £12,290,000 (2023: £13,014,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINTERBURN, Julian | Secretary | 2018-04-01 | — | — |
| LOVETT, Peter Charles | Director | 2001-04-06 | Mar 1950 | British |
| MALONEY, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2023-12-18 | Sep 1979 | British |
| TROTMAN, Russell John | Director | 2025-04-03 | Dec 1965 | British |
| WINTERBURN, Julian | Director | 2018-04-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOULTON, John Christopher | Secretary | 2001-04-06 | 2018-03-31 |
| PICKERING, Michael Gideon | Secretary | — | 2001-04-06 |
| CAMPBELL, Lynn Ross | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2025-03-31 |
| KNOWLAND, Dorothy Emily | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
| KNOWLAND, Michael Gerald | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
| KNOWLAND, Peter Herbert | Director | — | 1999-12-30 |
| MOULTON, John Christopher | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2018-03-31 |
| PICKERING, Deborah Mary | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
| PICKERING, Michael Gideon | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rebecca Jane Maloney | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Dick Lovett Automobile Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-05-10 | Active |
| Mr Peter Charles Lovett | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
-16.4%
£51,030,000 £42,669,000
-
Cash
-68.4%
£2,733,000 £864,000
-
Net assets
-23.1%
£4,448,000 £3,422,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+4.1%
49 51
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Operating profit
-83.3%
£1,410,000 £235,000
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-103.2%
£1,218,000 -£39,000
lowest in 6 filed years
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Wages
+0.6%
£1,644,000 £1,654,000
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