SINCLAIR GARAGES (NEWPORT) LTD.
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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
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+323.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
+7.9% vs 2023
Employees
160
-2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+24.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SINCLAIR GARAGES (NEWPORT) LTD. 1992-07-27 → present
- SINCLAIR GARAGES (NEWBURY) LIMITED 1990-08-21 → 1992-07-27
- ASSETLOGIC LIMITED 1990-07-11 → 1990-08-21
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £88,715,683 | £85,111,633 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,177,585 | £3,680,678 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,671,798 | £3,319,244 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,028,717 | £3,069,743 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £457,079 | £1,935,841 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £39,239,068 | £42,301,519 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £39,087,797 | £42,157,540 | |
| Equity | £21,570,692 | £24,745,292 | £26,441,759 | £32,763,401 | £37,059,080 | £39,087,797 | £42,157,540 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 164 | 160 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £5,822,506 | £6,387,380 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.6% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 8.1% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.82x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 6.28x | 10.18x |
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
- Haines Watts Wales 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.”
Significant events
- “2024 represented a year of ongoing performance challenges for ourselves and the motor industry across the UK.”
- “Our new car departments continued to drive volumes forward following difficult supply issues of the previous years.”
- “Our group used car performance was again a mixed result.”
- “The Group's service and parts departments had another very strong year during 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Eleanora Kay | Secretary | — | — | British |
| SINCLAIR, Andrew James | Director | 2003-11-12 | Aug 1972 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Gerald Stanley | Director | — | Jan 1939 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTTS, Arthur Gwilym | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2016-12-16 |
| SINCLAIR, Eleanora Kay | Director | — | 2009-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinclair Motor Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-01-28 | Active |
| Mrs Leanne Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Edward Ellis | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Gerald Stanley Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Jeremy Phillips | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Richard Gwilym Seaward | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mrs Judith Sadler | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Julian Harrington | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Andrew James Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Jonathan Mark Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2017-07-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
-4.1%
£88,715,683 £85,111,633
-
Cash
+323.5%
£457,079 £1,935,841
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£39,087,797 £42,157,540
-
Employees
-2.4%
164 160
-
Operating profit
+15.8%
£3,177,585 £3,680,678
-
Profit before tax
+24.2%
£2,671,798 £3,319,244
-
Wages
+9.7%
£5,822,506 £6,387,380
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