PORTERBROOK MARCH LEASING (4) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-02 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+8.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+48% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6M
+0.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PORTERBROOK MARCH LEASING (4) LIMITED 2008-06-16 → present
- ABBEY NATIONAL MARCH LEASING (4) LIMITED 1992-05-01 → 2008-06-16
- DEALBEFORE LIMITED 1992-01-30 → 1992-05-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,650,000 | £12,068,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,634,000 | £7,977,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,352,000 | £6,383,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,857,000 | £4,732,000 | |
| Cash | £8,204,000 | £8,899,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,522,000 | £70,941,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,856,000 | £14,588,000 | |
| Equity | £9,856,000 | £14,588,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 68.3% | 66.1% | |
| Net margin | 38.4% | 39.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 11.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.2% | 81.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 2.13x | 2.42x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and so they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company cancelled 19,950,002 £1 ordinary shares. The ordinary shares were credited to retained earnings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLURE, Christopher Bonnar | Secretary | 2018-02-07 | — | — |
| ACKROYD, Benjamin John | Director | 2022-03-21 | Mar 1981 | British |
| BALL, Stephen Edward | Director | 2026-02-01 | Sep 1983 | British |
| GRANT, Mary Alexander | Director | 2017-09-29 | Dec 1969 | British |
| MCCLURE, Christopher Bonnar | Director | 2018-02-07 | Nov 1963 | British |
| ROSE, Stefan Jay | Director | 2021-03-30 | May 1979 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGURK, Stephen James | Secretary | 2008-12-03 | 2018-02-07 |
| ABBEY NATIONAL SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2008-12-03 |
| ANDRE, Olivier | Director | 2015-04-28 | 2017-12-22 |
| BATCHELOR, Gwendoline Mary | Director | 1999-05-10 | 2002-04-12 |
| BATCHELOR, Gwendoline Mary | Director | 1998-03-26 | 1998-12-18 |
| COATES, Peter Timothy | Director | 2017-11-28 | 2022-12-30 |
| COHEN, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2002-06-30 | 2004-07-26 |
| DAY, William Joshua | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2017-11-28 |
| EDWARDS, Shirley Ann Elizabeth | Director | 1998-12-18 | 2002-04-12 |
| ELLIS, David James | Director | 2000-12-18 | 2004-09-30 |
| FRANCIS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2017-09-29 |
| GARRATT, Robin | Director | — | 2002-06-30 |
| GILBERT, Timothy Peter | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2014-04-05 |
| GREEN, David Martin | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2004-09-30 |
| HARLEY, Ian | Director | — | 1993-10-13 |
| HOWARD, Keith Robert | Director | 2008-10-21 | 2015-04-28 |
| HUTCHISON, Sarah Anne | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1997-04-01 |
| JACKSON, Mark Cunliffe | Director | 2004-09-29 | 2008-10-21 |
| JONES, David Gareth | Director | 1993-10-13 | 1998-12-10 |
| JULIAN, Suzanne Margaret | Director | — | 2000-12-18 |
| LONG, Graham Stephen | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-03-10 |
| LOWE, William Nairn | Director | 2002-06-30 | 2005-04-04 |
| MCCORMICK, Stefan | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2006-05-18 |
| MCGURK, Stephen James | Director | 2008-10-21 | 2021-09-01 |
| MERRICK, Anna | Director | 1994-06-29 | 2002-06-30 |
| NICHOLLS, Jonathan Clive | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| ROUGIER, Alan Toby | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2008-10-21 |
| TAYLOR, Robert William | Director | 2022-11-02 | 2026-02-01 |
| TYRRELL, James Michael | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| WHITE, Alexander Crone | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2016-01-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-03 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-03 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-4.6%
£12,650,000 £12,068,000
-
Cash
+8.5%
£8,204,000 £8,899,000
-
Net assets
+48%
£9,856,000 £14,588,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-7.6%
£8,634,000 £7,977,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.5%
£6,352,000 £6,383,000
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