NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£18K
-91.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
48
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£548K
-337.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 1987-04-28 → present
- NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1987-04-08 → 1987-04-28
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 | £41,007,170 | £42,026,309 | |
| Operating profit | £416,949 | -£328,698 | |
| Profit before tax | £230,748 | -£548,064 | |
| Net profit | £146,068 | -£389,058 | |
| Cash | £204,078 | £18,168 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,520,891 | £8,195,059 | |
| Net assets | £7,896,261 | £7,648,586 | |
| Equity | £7,896,261 | £7,648,586 | |
| Average employees | 45 | 48 | |
| Wages | £1,475,765 | £1,863,466 |
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 | 1.0% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | -4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 2.24x | -1.49x |
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
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- N.M.G. (Services) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Profit and loss account shows pre tax loss for the business of £548,064 (2023 - profit of £230,748) after a fair value loss of £385,000 (2023 - £Nil) on sales of £42,026,309 (2023 - £41,007,170).”
- “In line with most businesses the increasing interest rates are affecting overall profitability, along with the inflationary pressures on staff salaries.”
- “The primary concerns relate to inflation and staffing costs. Media reaction and public uptake of Electric Vehicles has added further difficulties, given regulations that require these vehicles to be registered, there are still mixed messages from the government.”
- “An evaluation on the viability of the MG brand is ongoing, given the losses it continues to sustain year on year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDEN, Timothy Peter | Director | 2019-04-03 | Feb 1979 | British |
| JOHNSON, Sean Robert | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEY, Christopher William | Secretary | 2015-07-22 | 2019-04-03 |
| HEWITT, Patricia Mary Ann | Secretary | — | 2004-01-23 |
| SUTTON, Jeremy Thomas | Secretary | 2004-01-23 | 2015-07-22 |
| HEWITT, John Raymond | Director | — | 2019-04-03 |
| HEWITT, Patricia Mary Ann | Director | — | 2007-05-25 |
| HEWITT, Paul Raymond | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2019-04-03 |
| HEWITT, Paul Raymond | Director | 1993-04-30 | 1995-08-31 |
| LONG, Grant | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2019-04-03 |
| LONG, Sara Jane | Director | 1999-08-09 | 2019-04-03 |
| WILCOCK, Gavin Croft | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2023-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holden & Holden Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-03 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Peter Holden | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-01 | Active |
| Mr John Raymond Hewitt | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.5%
£41,007,170 £42,026,309
-
Cash
-91.1%
£204,078 £18,168
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£7,896,261 £7,648,586
-
Employees
+6.7%
45 48
-
Operating profit
-178.8%
£416,949 -£328,698
-
Profit before tax
-337.5%
£230,748 -£548,064
-
Wages
+26.3%
£1,475,765 £1,863,466
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