APEX CAR RENTAL PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
-53.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+75.5% vs 2024
Employees
25
+31.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
+13.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- APEX CAR RENTAL PLC 2011-07-13 → present
- APEX CAR RENTAL LIMITED 2009-10-27 → 2011-07-13
- APEX CAR RENTAL (EASTBOURNE) LIMITED 2004-02-13 → 2009-10-27
- SHENFORD (OB) LIMITED 1990-12-03 → 2004-02-13
- OAKBECK LIMITED 1987-12-21 → 1990-12-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,798,161 | £136,001,877 | |
| Operating profit | £6,878,058 | £7,792,688 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,898,094 | £7,838,888 | |
| Net profit | £3,827,490 | £5,625,467 | |
| Cash | £26,188,341 | £12,065,836 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,595,422 | £67,435,590 | |
| Net assets | £7,455,459 | £13,080,926 | |
| Equity | £7,455,459 | £13,080,926 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 25 | |
| Wages | £746,329 | £941,277 |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.9% | 80.9% | |
| Current ratio | 5.98x | 22.21x |
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
- Brooks & Co.
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRONDONA, Deana | Secretary | 2011-05-20 | — | — |
| GRONDONA, Deana | Director | 2011-05-20 | May 1968 | British |
| STANDLEY, Roland Barrie | Director | 2001-03-12 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRONDONA, Deana | Secretary | 2008-02-21 | 2009-11-02 |
| HART, Keith | Secretary | — | 1992-12-01 |
| STANDLEY, Roland Barrie | Secretary | 2001-07-25 | 2008-02-21 |
| STARKIE, Sharon Anne | Secretary | 1992-12-01 | 2001-07-25 |
| HART, Harry David Francis | Director | — | 2008-02-21 |
| HART, Keith | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| STARKIE, Sharon Anne | Director | 1992-06-02 | 2001-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roland Barrie Standley | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+54.9%
£87,798,161 £136,001,877
-
Cash
-53.9%
£26,188,341 £12,065,836
-
Net assets
+75.5%
£7,455,459 £13,080,926
-
Employees
+31.6%
19 25
-
Operating profit
+13.3%
£6,878,058 £7,792,688
-
Profit before tax
+13.6%
£6,898,094 £7,838,888
-
Wages
+26.1%
£746,329 £941,277
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