LISTERS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-03 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
-67.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£112M
-18.3% vs 2024
Employees
2,283
+4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15M
-18.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LISTERS GROUP LIMITED 2006-10-18 → present
- LISTERS OF COVENTRY (MOTORS) LIMITED 1979-01-01 → 2006-10-18
- HEWMAN LIMITED 1978-11-20 → 1979-01-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,314,087,000 | £1,339,477,000 | |
| Operating profit | £25,295,000 | £22,800,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £18,372,000 | £14,891,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,078,000 | £10,795,000 | |
| Cash | £50,001,000 | £16,063,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £152,672,000 | £140,739,000 | |
| Net assets | £137,548,000 | £112,343,000 | |
| Equity | £137,548,000 | £112,343,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,183 | 2,283 | |
| Wages | £91,779,000 | £98,917,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.6% | 16.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 3.30x | 2.74x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group's and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- LISTERS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Falcon of Hull & Lincolnshire Limited 100%
- Listers Hull Limited 100%
- Haseley Automotive Limited 100%
- The Green (Solihull) Management Company Limited 5%
- Sorensons Motors Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group signed franchise agreements with the importer of Omoda and Jaecoo motor vehicles, and commenced representing these brands in Solihull in July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VESSEY, Martin James | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | — | — |
| BRADSHAW, David George | Director | 2006-01-20 | Apr 1968 | British |
| BRADSHAW, Keith George | Director | — | Aug 1943 | British |
| BRADSHAW, Pamela | Director | 2006-03-31 | Aug 1943 | British |
| BRADSHAW, Timothy Charles | Director | 2006-01-20 | Sep 1973 | British |
| DADD, Antony Michael | Director | 2024-08-09 | Aug 1973 | British |
| LISTER, Geoffrey James | Director | 1999-04-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| LISTER, Katherine Jane | Director | 2006-01-20 | Oct 1974 | British |
| LISTER, Margaret Susan | Director | — | Feb 1945 | British |
| LISTER, Terence | Director | — | Mar 1943 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Christopher, Doctor | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 2011-04-01 |
| ROUND, Kenneth William | Secretary | — | 1999-02-12 |
| BICKNELL, John | Director | — | 1997-02-28 |
| BRADSHAW, James Keith | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2006-03-17 |
| BRADSHAW, Pamela | Director | — | 2006-01-20 |
| ROUND, Kenneth William | Director | — | 2024-08-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Geoffrey James Lister | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-05-03 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Charles Bradshaw | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-24 | Active |
| Mr Terence Lister | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-24 |
| Mr Keith George Bradshaw | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-07 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£1,314,087,000 £1,339,477,000
-
Cash
-67.9%
£50,001,000 £16,063,000
-
Net assets
-18.3%
£137,548,000 £112,343,000
-
Employees
+4.6%
2,183 2,283
-
Operating profit
-9.9%
£25,295,000 £22,800,000
-
Profit before tax
-18.9%
£18,372,000 £14,891,000
-
Wages
+7.8%
£91,779,000 £98,917,000
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