CORKILLS VOLKSWAGEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£603K
+27% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+1.5% vs 2023
Employees
66
+3.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£20K
-91.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CORKILLS VOLKSWAGEN LIMITED 2007-07-20 → present
- CORKILLS UK LIMITED 2001-04-12 → 2007-07-20
- CORKILLS LIVERPOOL LIMITED 1999-08-13 → 2001-04-12
- CORKILLS OF CROSBY LIMITED 1993-10-13 → 1999-08-13
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £34,601,985 | £36,543,883 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £438,936 | £234,720 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £246,968 | £20,057 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £189,934 | £35,927 | |
| Cash | — | — | £474,546 | £602,726 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,288,825 | £3,201,171 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,417,622 | £2,453,549 | |
| Equity | — | — | £2,417,622 | £2,453,549 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 64 | 66 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,746,740 | £1,816,343 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.3% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 13.3% | 7.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.11x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.29x | 1.09x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “National Westminster Bank Plc holds an unlimited multi-lateral guarantee over the assets of Corkills Group (Holdings) Limited, Corkills Volkswagen Limited and Corkills Northwich Limited for security of the overdraft facility and bank loan. At 31 December 2024 the total contingent liability in respect of this guarantee amounted to £2,601,789 (2023: £3,019,737).”
- “The company has a commitment at the reporting date totalling £1,166,089 (2023: £1,148,085) to repurchase vehicles from CBS, at agreed values.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COTTON, Angela | Secretary | 2012-07-10 | — | — |
| CHISNALL, Jason | Director | 2022-11-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| COTTON, Angela | Director | 2012-07-10 | Dec 1966 | British |
| MCGRATH-KERMODE, Adrian Brian | Director | 1993-10-13 | Nov 1958 | British |
| WORRALL, Timothy | Director | 2017-06-25 | Jan 1946 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INGHAM, Erica Jane | Secretary | 2010-03-03 | 2012-04-20 |
| THOMSON, Alexander | Secretary | 1993-10-13 | 1998-03-25 |
| WILLIAMS, Karen Jayne | Secretary | 1998-03-25 | 2010-01-06 |
| ELK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-10-13 | 1993-10-13 |
| FELL, John Michael | Director | 1999-09-22 | 2001-08-12 |
| FELL, John Michael | Director | 1993-11-06 | 1994-07-08 |
| FYFFE, Sally Victoria Wykeham | Director | 2017-06-25 | 2020-08-10 |
| GRAHAM, Sarah Louise | Director | 2004-01-15 | 2008-02-27 |
| HAZLETON, Carl Desmond | Director | 2010-03-02 | 2012-07-10 |
| ICETON, Ian Gordon | Director | 1994-07-08 | 1995-12-20 |
| INGHAM, Erica Jane | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2012-04-20 |
| KAYE, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2015-05-07 |
| KILMURRAY, Kathy Joan, Dr | Director | 1993-11-06 | 1997-06-12 |
| ROBERTS, Stephen Hugh | Director | 1995-12-20 | 2004-06-28 |
| SOHAL, Thomas Gurnam | Director | 1995-12-20 | 2000-09-13 |
| THOMSON, Alexander | Director | 1993-10-13 | 2000-09-13 |
| ELK (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-10-13 | 1993-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adrian Kermode | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+5.6%
£34,601,985 £36,543,883
-
Cash
+27%
£474,546 £602,726
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£2,417,622 £2,453,549
-
Employees
+3.1%
64 66
-
Operating profit
-46.5%
£438,936 £234,720
-
Profit before tax
-91.9%
£246,968 £20,057
-
Wages
+4%
£1,746,740 £1,816,343
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