HOLDCROFT HONDA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+158.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£521K
-46.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
120
+7.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£555K
+901% highest in 3 filed years
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HOLDCROFT HONDA LIMITED 2016-04-29 → present
- HOLDCROFT COBRIDGE LIMITED 2000-04-14 → 2016-04-29
- MOTOR CIRCLE GARAGES (STOKE) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2000-04-14
- MOTOR CIRCLE (GARAGES) LIMITED 1975-10-31 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,468,047 | £140,593,529 | £127,885,317 | |
| Operating profit | £759,559 | £321,129 | £948,735 | |
| Profit before tax | £544,745 | -£69,296 | £555,052 | |
| Net profit | £399,926 | -£69,296 | £422,632 | |
| Cash | — | £400,869 | £1,035,683 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,131,569 | £1,062,273 | £604,905 | |
| Net assets | £1,047,557 | £978,261 | £520,893 | |
| Equity | £1,047,557 | £978,261 | £520,893 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 112 | 120 | |
| Wages | £3,779,416 | £4,113,523 | £4,160,342 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 67.1% | 30.2% | 156.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.00x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 3.54x | 0.82x | 2.41x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENHALL, Christopher David | Director | 2023-07-04 | May 1971 | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Darren Andrew | Director | 1999-05-26 | Mar 1971 | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Margaret Elaine | Director | — | May 1947 | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Paula | Director | 2023-07-04 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HOLDCROFT, Terence George | Director | 2012-09-19 | Oct 1945 | British |
| MCCORMICK, Martin John, Mr. | Director | 2023-07-04 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Gerald Robert | Secretary | — | 1995-03-31 |
| HOLDCROFT-CARR, Sheena | Secretary | 1995-03-31 | 2023-05-16 |
| HOLDCROFT, Kelvin | Director | 1996-03-22 | 1997-11-07 |
| HOLDCROFT, Terence George | Director | — | 2008-11-20 |
| HOLDCROFT-CARR, Sheena | Director | — | 2023-05-16 |
| KING, Marion Jean | Director | — | 1998-07-30 |
| KING, Michael John | Director | — | 1998-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.G. Holdcroft (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-9%
£140,593,529 £127,885,317
-
Cash
+158.4%
£400,869 £1,035,683
-
Net assets
-46.8%
£978,261 £520,893
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+7.1%
112 120
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+195.4%
£321,129 £948,735
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+901%
-£69,296 £555,052
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+1.1%
£4,113,523 £4,160,342
highest in 3 filed years
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