IAN GUEST HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
+2,774.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
507
+9.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+13.7% vs 2023
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 2 times since incorporation
- IAN GUEST HOLDINGS LIMITED 1992-06-12 → present
- IAN GUEST LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1992-06-12
- SANDWIC I.G. LIMITED 1976-07-15 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £153,209,061 | £198,270,093 | |
| Operating profit | £5,076,454 | £7,400,857 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,226,126 | £2,531,538 | |
| Net profit | £1,716,005 | £2,025,304 | |
| Cash | £227,013 | £6,526,259 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,841,710 | £22,669,417 | |
| Net assets | £19,565,709 | £20,705,401 | |
| Equity | £19,565,709 | £20,705,401 | |
| Average employees | 463 | 507 | |
| Wages | £17,858,195 | £20,918,413 |
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 | 3.3% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.2% | 32.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 1.78x | 1.51x |
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
- CK Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future. Accordingly, the continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- IAN GUEST HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Guest Motors Limited 100%
- Partscomm Limited 100%
- Sherwood Truck and Van Ltd 100%
- Sentinel Vehicle Solutions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the end of the third quarter Guest Motors Limited acquired the truck and van dealership activities of Sherwood Truck and Van Ltd, a sister group company. Truck and van activities now trade as Guest Truck and Van from all sites, with a drive for common management, platforms and efficiency throughout.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRON, Richard Patrick | Secretary | 1999-05-20 | — | British |
| BARRON, Richard Patrick | Director | 1999-05-20 | Nov 1962 | British |
| GUEST, Ian Richard | Director | 1991-11-01 | May 1964 | British |
| SPITTLE, Robert Anthony | Director | 2024-06-11 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, John Michael | Secretary | 1995-07-17 | 1999-05-20 |
| SANDERSON, Kenneth Hunter | Secretary | — | 1995-06-15 |
| GREATBATCH, Christopher Gordon | Director | 2002-03-12 | 2009-05-31 |
| GUEST, Peter John | Director | — | 2020-03-01 |
| STANTON, Albert Charles | Director | — | 1991-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guest Motor Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mr Ian Richard Guest | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-15 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
| Mr Ian Richard Guest | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Significant influence | 2016-08-15 | Ceased 2023-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
+29.4%
£153,209,061 £198,270,093
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Cash
+2,774.8%
£227,013 £6,526,259
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Net assets
+5.8%
£19,565,709 £20,705,401
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Employees
+9.5%
463 507
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Operating profit
+45.8%
£5,076,454 £7,400,857
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Profit before tax
+13.7%
£2,226,126 £2,531,538
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Wages
+17.1%
£17,858,195 £20,918,413
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