WEST WALLASEY CAR HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-06 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
-15.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£35M
+42.7% vs 2023
Employees
319
+2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
-73.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £137,286,297 | £135,675,964 | |
| Operating profit | £69,626,599 | £30,817,007 | |
| Profit before tax | £58,811,648 | £15,753,341 | |
| Net profit | £44,582,298 | £10,589,228 | |
| Cash | £17,055,990 | £14,439,156 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,978,868 | £165,502,652 | |
| Net assets | £24,800,506 | £35,389,734 | |
| Equity | £24,800,506 | £35,389,734 | |
| Average employees | 311 | 319 | |
| Wages | £9,632,961 | £10,184,697 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 50.7% | 22.7% | |
| Net margin | 32.5% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.4% | 18.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.46x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | 6.41x | 1.96x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company is well-placed to manage these risks successfully and they have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period of assessment with no material uncertainties. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WEST WALLASEY CAR HIRE LIMITED · parent
- Crashline Limited 100%
- Wallasey Van Hire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Impairment provision of £7.4m against stock and £13m accelerated depreciation against tangible fixed assets in the September 2024 accounts on certain categories of older vehicles.”
- “The company purchased and sold two plots of land to a related party, resulting in a loss on disposal of £2,954,937, recognised as an exceptional item.”
- “Charitable donations of £486,000 (2023: £370,000) including a £50,000 donation to Maggies Cancer Charity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENNY, Michael Anthony | Director | — | May 1951 | Irish |
| SMITH, Karla Suzanne | Director | 2020-09-29 | Oct 1973 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCHEHAUN, Dora Bernadette | Secretary | — | 2017-03-27 |
| DARKE, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2020-03-02 |
| KINNEY, John Paul | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2010-12-09 |
| LYNCHEHAUN, Dora Bernadette | Director | — | 2017-03-27 |
| STODDART, Emma Jane | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2020-08-21 |
| SWEENEY, Terence James | Director | 1998-06-05 | 1999-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleethire Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-29 | Ceased 2022-09-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-1.2%
£137,286,297 £135,675,964
-
Cash
-15.3%
£17,055,990 £14,439,156
-
Net assets
+42.7%
£24,800,506 £35,389,734
-
Employees
+2.6%
311 319
-
Operating profit
-55.7%
£69,626,599 £30,817,007
-
Profit before tax
-73.2%
£58,811,648 £15,753,341
-
Wages
+5.7%
£9,632,961 £10,184,697
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