SYTNER CARS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-85.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£67M
-19.1% vs 2023
Employees
530
+23.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£20M
-45.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SYTNER CARS LIMITED 2003-02-27 → present
- KINGS MOTORS (OLD TRAFFORD) LIMITED 1997-10-16 → 2003-02-27
- SYTNER FINANCE LIMITED 1996-05-20 → 1997-10-16
- SYTNER AVIATION LIMITED 1993-06-25 → 1996-05-20
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 | £646,404,000 | £655,283,000 | |
| Operating profit | £40,089,000 | £25,306,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £36,498,000 | £19,735,000 | |
| Net profit | £27,547,000 | £14,061,000 | |
| Cash | £33,519,000 | £4,889,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £85,966,000 | £70,879,000 | |
| Net assets | £83,292,000 | £67,353,000 | |
| Equity | £83,292,000 | £67,353,000 | |
| Average employees | 430 | 530 | |
| Wages | £20,597,000 | £23,059,000 |
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 | 6.2% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.6% | 35.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.5% | 65.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 9.85x | 4.52x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company has sufficient funds available to support its activities in the future.”
Significant events
- “In January 2024 the Company's parent undertaking, Sytner Group Limited, acquired Rybrook Investments Limited a motor dealership group. As part of the acquisition and subsequent reorganisation the trade and assets of a Porsche dealership based in Chester were transferred to this Company from Rybrook Automotive Limited at book value amounting to £4.7m, further detail with regards the transfer is given in the notes to the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOORHOUSE, Simon | Secretary | 2023-07-13 | — | — |
| CRAGG, John | Director | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| KURNICK, Robert Harold | Director | 2002-05-31 | Oct 1961 | American |
| MOORHOUSE, Simon | Director | 2023-07-13 | Dec 1973 | British |
| NIEUWENHUYS, Gerard Edward | Director | 2004-08-21 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, Mark Gwilym | Secretary | 2005-05-26 | 2010-09-23 |
| COLLINSON, Adam | Secretary | 2010-01-11 | 2023-07-14 |
| JONES, David Kevin | Secretary | 2011-01-21 | 2011-05-16 |
| MALLETT, Jeremy Richard | Secretary | 1995-01-31 | 1997-01-10 |
| MORRIS, Mark Christopher | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 2005-05-26 |
| VAUGHAN, Laurence Edward William | Secretary | 1993-06-25 | 1995-06-01 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-06-25 | 1992-06-25 |
| CARPENTER, Mark Gwilym | Director | 2005-05-26 | 2010-09-23 |
| COLLINSON, Adam | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2023-07-14 |
| EDWARDS, Darren | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2025-01-01 |
| MALLETT, Jeremy Richard | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2025-11-04 |
| MORRIS, Mark Christopher | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2005-05-26 |
| PAGE MORRIS, Geoffrey | Director | 2005-04-30 | 2015-08-04 |
| SYTNER, Franklin Goodman | Director | 1993-06-25 | 2005-04-30 |
| VAUGHAN, Laurence Edward William | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2022-06-30 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-06-25 | 1993-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sytner Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+1.4%
£646,404,000 £655,283,000
-
Cash
-85.4%
£33,519,000 £4,889,000
-
Net assets
-19.1%
£83,292,000 £67,353,000
-
Employees
+23.3%
430 530
-
Operating profit
-36.9%
£40,089,000 £25,306,000
-
Profit before tax
-45.9%
£36,498,000 £19,735,000
-
Wages
+12%
£20,597,000 £23,059,000
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