STYLE MOTORS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-11 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-28

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-49.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

-1.7% vs 2023

Employees

+1.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£536K

-9.4% vs 2023

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

STYLE MOTORS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2018-04-01	2019-03-31	2019-04-01	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	£44,713,473	—	£47,168,025	—	£37,534,829	—	£38,487,581	£43,054,755	£75,996,142
Operating profit	—	£501,260	—	£470,821	—	£743,091	—	£543,523	£589,772	£549,007
Profit before tax	—	£482,583	—	£427,329	—	£686,785	—	£510,390	£591,646	£535,901
Net profit	—	£384,222	—	£349,199	—	£554,542	—	£415,063	£463,825	£444,677
Cash	£1,280,541	£1,952,473	£1,952,473	£1,075,222	£1,075,222	£2,201,101	£2,201,101	£1,645,423	£2,309,415	£1,166,054
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£1,888,095	—	£2,104,531	—	£2,563,039	—	£2,857,480	£3,337,714	£3,342,902
Net assets	—	£1,880,299	—	£2,104,076	—	£2,555,418	—	£2,854,679	£3,318,504	£3,263,181
Equity	£1,614,965	£1,880,299	—	£2,104,076	—	£2,555,418	—	£2,854,679	£3,318,504	£3,263,181
Average employees	—	91	—	94	—	86	—	82	84	85
Wages	—	£2,371,172	—	£2,452,384	—	£2,408,285	—	£2,341,175	£2,486,656	£4,048,972

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	2018-04-01	2019-03-31	2019-04-01	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2023-03-31	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	1.1%	—	1.0%	—	2.0%	—	1.4%	1.4%	0.7%
Net margin	—	0.9%	—	0.7%	—	1.5%	—	1.1%	1.1%	0.6%
Return on capital employed	—	26.5%	—	22.4%	—	29.0%	—	19.0%	17.7%	16.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	56.1%	70.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.77x	1.39x
Interest cover	—	18.32x	—	8.75x	—	13.12x	—	16.09x	18.23x	4.29x

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: Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

“A key milestone was reached on 31 October 2023, when Style Motors Limited was wholly acquired by St Leonards Motors Limited.”
“implementation of a new Data Management System in June 2024.”
“In March 2025, our Woking site underwent a significant corporate image refresh, bringing it up to the latest Cupra Garage standards.”
“strengthening of our partnership with Renault Group through the introduction of the Alpine franchise at our Weybridge dealership.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 14 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WOODS, William Robert	Secretary	2023-10-31	—	—
BARLOW, Jason Ian	Director	2023-10-31	Jan 1980	British
PHILLIPS, Mark	Director	2023-10-31	Jun 1963	British
WAKEFORD, Angus John	Director	2023-10-31	Nov 1965	British
WOODS, William Robert	Director	2023-10-31	Sep 1977	British

Show 14 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
KNIGHT, Anne Frederica	Secretary	1994-05-20	1995-07-12
OLDING, Keith	Secretary	1995-07-12	1997-08-08
SMITH, Andrew Peter Ruthven	Secretary	1997-08-11	2023-10-31
WATMORE, Ernest George	Secretary	—	1994-05-20
BRADY, Edwin Daniel	Director	2006-03-01	2009-03-31
GOLDING, Timothy Mccallan	Director	2007-04-01	2023-10-31
KIMBER, James Nicholas	Director	—	2023-10-31
KNIGHT, Anne Frederica	Director	2000-02-01	2023-10-31
KNIGHT, Anne Frederica	Director	1993-03-08	1994-01-01
KNIGHT, Colin Arthur Charles	Director	—	2009-02-01
LILLYWHITE, Steven John	Director	2002-06-01	2018-04-30
OLCOT, Barry Maxwell	Director	2002-06-01	2006-03-31
SMITH, Andrew Peter Ruthven	Director	2002-06-01	2023-10-31
WHEELER, Keith Peter	Director	2002-06-01	2023-10-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
St. Leonards Motors Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2023-10-31	Active
Anne Frederica Knight	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2023-10-31

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 170 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-09-08	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2025-07-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-09-12	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2024-01-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-11-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-03	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-11-03	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-11-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-11-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-03	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-03-31

Turnover

+76.5%

£43,054,755 £75,996,142

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

-49.5%

£2,309,415 £1,166,054
Net assets

-1.7%

£3,318,504 £3,263,181
Employees

+1.2%

84 85
Operating profit

-6.9%

£589,772 £549,007
Profit before tax

-9.4%

£591,646 £535,901
Wages

+62.8%

£2,486,656 £4,048,972

highest in 6 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

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