EUROPCAR GROUP UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+76.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£140M
+5% vs 2023
Employees
1,747
+8.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
-77.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 7 times since incorporation
- EUROPCAR GROUP UK LIMITED 2008-12-18 → present
- PREMIERFIRST VEHICLE RENTAL UK LIMITED 2007-06-04 → 2008-12-18
- VANGUARD RENTAL (UK) LIMITED 2003-12-15 → 2007-06-04
- ANC RENTAL CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED 2000-02-25 → 2003-12-15
- NATIONAL CAR RENTAL LIMITED 1998-01-22 → 2000-02-25
- EURODOLLAR (UK) LIMITED 1993-05-25 → 1998-01-22
- SWAN NATIONAL RENTALS LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1993-05-25
- SWAN NATIONAL LIMITED 1973-01-01 → 1978-12-31
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 | £403,852,000 | £398,039,000 | |
| Operating profit | £77,145,000 | £41,681,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £49,407,000 | £11,026,000 | |
| Net profit | £33,727,000 | £7,998,000 | |
| Cash | £8,421,000 | £14,851,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £298,427,000 | £359,235,000 | |
| Net assets | £132,961,000 | £139,549,000 | |
| Equity | £132,961,000 | £139,549,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,615 | 1,747 | |
| Wages | £55,283,000 | £60,698,000 |
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 | 19.1% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.0% | 77.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 2.13x | 0.98x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After performing scenario planning and looking at various sources of information, the directors have concluded that they have no reason to believe that uncertainties exist that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 27 February 2025, Europcar Group UK Limited amended its UK securitisation transaction to introduce a £75 million mezzanine facility provided by Trinity Investments DAC, an affiliate of a shareholder of Europcar Mobility Group. The facility was implemented via a new Mezzanine Loan Note Agreement. The first tranche of £37.5 million was drawn on 27 February 2025, with a second tranche of the same amount drawn on 19 May 2025.”
- “In April 2025 Europcar Group UK Limited was unsuccessful in a bid to renew a contract with a major customer, the existing contact will conclude on 31 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARSON, Christopher Edward | Director | 2020-12-22 | Oct 1981 | British |
| NØRRING, Christian Øien | Director | 2026-04-30 | Jun 1978 | Danish |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLTON, Jane Margaret | Secretary | 1994-08-26 | 2011-07-31 |
| PENFOLD, Ian Jeremy | Secretary | — | 1994-08-26 |
| ALDOUS, Frederick Herbert | Director | — | 1995-07-28 |
| BAIXINHO DE CARVALHO, Hélder Carlos | Director | 2023-08-09 | 2025-10-20 |
| BARRY, Marie, Mrs. | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2008-07-18 |
| CORBETT, Geoffrey Edward Hall | Director | 1997-11-06 | 1999-07-15 |
| COTTERILL, Mark John | Director | 2008-08-29 | 2010-11-30 |
| COTTERILL, Mark John | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2008-01-31 |
| CRASNIER, Stéphane Isabelle Paul | Director | 2024-03-05 | 2024-03-05 |
| CUSTAGE, Dennis Michael | Director | 1999-07-15 | 2000-08-04 |
| DE KLERK, Philip Joachim | Director | 2022-10-20 | 2023-08-09 |
| HARRIS JAYES, Brian | Director | — | 2003-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Steven Mark | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2012-04-02 |
| KORVIN, Marie-Helene | Director | 2021-11-15 | 2022-09-23 |
| LEIGH, John Simon | Director | — | 2009-04-06 |
| MCCALL, Kenneth Stanley | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCCROSSAN, Neil | Director | — | 2000-02-18 |
| MCDONALD, Peter | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| MOSLEY, Ian Christopher | Director | — | 1997-11-01 |
| OWENS, Stuart Gordon | Director | 2017-03-15 | 2021-02-05 |
| PELIGRY, Luc Etienne | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2021-11-15 |
| PENFOLD, Ian Jeremy | Director | 1998-01-22 | 2003-09-29 |
| SANTIAGO, Ronald | Director | 2020-12-22 | 2024-01-02 |
| SMITH, Gary Neil | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2026-04-30 |
| WARDLE, Ian | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2006-12-07 |
| WEBSTER, Alan Stuart | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| WESTOBY, Stephen Charles | Director | — | 1998-06-15 |
| WILLSHER, David John | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premierfirst Vehicle Rental Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 349 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-10 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-11-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
-1.4%
£403,852,000 £398,039,000
-
Cash
+76.4%
£8,421,000 £14,851,000
-
Net assets
+5%
£132,961,000 £139,549,000
-
Employees
+8.2%
1,615 1,747
-
Operating profit
-46%
£77,145,000 £41,681,000
-
Profit before tax
-77.7%
£49,407,000 £11,026,000
-
Wages
+9.8%
£55,283,000 £60,698,000
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