PETER COOPER MOTOR GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-11 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-28
Watchouts
Cash
£4K
+37.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-9.1% vs 2023
Employees
293
+14.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£328K
-151.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Material uncertainty relating to going concern due to minimal headroom in December 2025 covenant testing and plausible reduction in forecast profitability, potentially leading to a covenant breach and demand for repayment from the bank.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PETER COOPER MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 2013-01-16 → present
- PETER COOPER (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2013-01-16
- MONARCHSET LIMITED 1981-09-28 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £143,383,892 | £158,289,270 | |
| Operating profit | £1,629,777 | £888,666 | |
| Profit before tax | £637,767 | -£328,353 | |
| Net profit | £505,812 | -£272,057 | |
| Cash | £2,693 | £3,697 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,627,983 | £3,390,129 | |
| Net assets | £2,995,381 | £2,723,324 | |
| Equity | £2,995,381 | £2,723,324 | |
| Average employees | 256 | 293 | |
| Wages | £9,895,650 | £10,641,338 |
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 | 1.1% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.2% | 26.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 1.64x | 0.73x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Material uncertainty relating to going concern due to minimal headroom in December 2025 covenant testing and plausible reduction in forecast profitability, potentially leading to a covenant breach and demand for repayment from the bank.”
Group structure
- PETER COOPER MOTOR GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Peter Cooper (Fareham) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company continues to look for growth opportunities, highlighted by the previous year's purchase of Viking Garages Limited, introducing the KIA franchise. This was further expanded in 2024 with Omoda and Jaecoo franchises, aligning with strategy to grow OEM partners and footprint. The final outlook for 2025 is positive, with new Jeep and Xpeng brands bringing total new car franchises to six. No post balance sheet events requiring disclosure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Darren John Alexander | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | — | — |
| CHURCH, Gary Keith | Director | 2016-10-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| COOPER, Darren John Alexander | Director | 2003-12-01 | Oct 1975 | British |
| GODFROY, Christopher John | Director | 2021-02-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
| LOVETT, Gareth | Director | 2020-07-01 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Marilyn Anne | Secretary | 2012-10-09 | 2020-07-01 |
| COOPER, Marilyn Anne | Secretary | — | 2007-09-01 |
| EASTHOPE, Kevin | Secretary | 2007-09-01 | 2010-03-24 |
| AUSTIN, Gary Scott | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| COOPER, Marilyn Anne | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| COOPER, Marilyn Anne | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
| COOPER, Peter John | Director | — | 2020-07-01 |
| HARDY, Christopher John | Director | — | 1996-07-06 |
| LEE, Perry Stephen | Director | 2006-12-07 | 2015-10-09 |
| PARSLEY, David John | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pc Motor Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+10.4%
£143,383,892 £158,289,270
-
Cash
+37.3%
£2,693 £3,697
-
Net assets
-9.1%
£2,995,381 £2,723,324
-
Employees
+14.5%
256 293
-
Operating profit
-45.5%
£1,629,777 £888,666
-
Profit before tax
-151.5%
£637,767 -£328,353
-
Wages
+7.5%
£9,895,650 £10,641,338
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