PARKER MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-22 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£385K
-20.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+18.1% vs 2023
Employees
455
+9.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
+9.2% vs 2023
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 | — | £50,262,876 | £53,391,744 | |
| Operating profit | — | £7,864,513 | £8,544,838 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £7,877,098 | £8,598,867 | |
| Net profit | — | £6,040,498 | £6,593,354 | |
| Cash | — | £485,056 | £384,958 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,840,926 | £12,605,698 | |
| Net assets | — | £10,158,406 | £11,997,072 | |
| Equity | £7,923,108 | £10,158,406 | £11,997,072 | |
| Average employees | — | 416 | 455 | |
| Wages | — | £9,563,613 | £11,240,027 |
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 | — | 15.6% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 12.0% | 12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 72.5% | 67.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.75x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | 274.55x | 815.35x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have not identified any material uncertainties in relation to going concern and the Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “expansion of the Company's network to 31 branches during the year, with the opening of 3 new sites in 2024”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, James Malcolm | Secretary | — | — | British |
| PARKER, Andrew David | Director | 2011-01-25 | Jul 1968 | British |
| PARKER, Heather | Director | — | Mar 1945 | British |
| PARKER, James Malcolm | Director | — | May 1940 | British |
| PARKER, John Watson | Director | — | Jan 1947 | British |
| PARKER, Matthew James | Director | 2011-01-25 | Nov 1965 | British |
| PARKER, Nicholas John Parker | Director | 2011-01-25 | May 1966 | British |
| PARKER, Richard William | Director | 2011-01-25 | Feb 1967 | British |
| PARKER, Robin | Director | 2008-02-14 | May 1972 | British |
| PARKER, Sheila | Director | — | Oct 1946 | British |
| PARKER, William George | Director | — | Sep 1944 | British |
| PATTERSON, Clare Anna | Director | 2011-01-25 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Christopher Jon | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2014-08-22 |
| PARKER, Pamela Anne | Director | — | 2023-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers Motor Services (Syston) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-11 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-20 | 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
-
Turnover
+6.2%
£50,262,876 £53,391,744
-
Cash
-20.6%
£485,056 £384,958
-
Net assets
+18.1%
£10,158,406 £11,997,072
-
Employees
+9.4%
416 455
-
Operating profit
+8.7%
£7,864,513 £8,544,838
-
Profit before tax
+9.2%
£7,877,098 £8,598,867
-
Wages
+17.5%
£9,563,613 £11,240,027
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