COTSWOLD MOTOR GROUP LIMITED
Get an alert when COTSWOLD MOTOR GROUP LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£313K
-8.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+14.7% vs 2023
Employees
338
-1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-31.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COTSWOLD MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 2006-04-03 → present
- COTSWOLD MOTOR GROUP PLC 1995-05-09 → 2006-04-03
- CHARMBONUS LIMITED 1995-03-03 → 1995-05-09
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 | £235,861,629 | £223,646,614 | |
| Operating profit | £6,739,359 | £5,268,583 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,472,335 | £3,061,387 | |
| Net profit | £3,315,333 | £2,375,908 | |
| Cash | £341,588 | £312,747 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,806,629 | £41,201,385 | |
| Net assets | £16,198,844 | £18,574,752 | |
| Equity | £16,198,844 | £18,574,752 | |
| Average employees | 343 | 338 | |
| Wages | £12,108,967 | £11,812,388 |
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 | 2.9% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.7% | 78.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 2.96x | 2.35x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider appropriate. The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Auditors have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The company has invested in solar panels which have been installed on all the company owned property.”
- “Continued investment in plant, equipment and property to further expand and enhance the services the company offers to customers whilst increasing efficiency.”
- “2025 will continue to bring challenges and we also see a major change in our MINI business moving from wholesale to an agency model.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Mitchell Stephen | Secretary | 2017-09-18 | — | British |
| HULCOOP, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2006-01-07 | Oct 1960 | British |
| NEALE, Paul Henry | Director | 2019-03-29 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Michael Craig Maxwell | Secretary | 1995-03-13 | 1997-05-07 |
| MITCHELL, Craig Lancelot | Secretary | 1999-06-11 | 2016-11-09 |
| MURPHY, Bernard Hugh | Secretary | 1997-05-07 | 1999-04-24 |
| STAINES, Clive Mervyn | Secretary | 1998-09-28 | 1999-06-11 |
| TEAGUE, Pauline Ann | Secretary | 1999-06-11 | 2016-04-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-03 | 1995-03-13 |
| BATEMAN, Barry Walter | Director | 1995-03-30 | 2001-05-11 |
| FERGUSON, Michael Craig Maxwell | Director | 1995-03-13 | 1996-01-03 |
| HARRIS, Peter Michael | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2019-03-29 |
| HARRIS, Vanessa Jayne | Director | 2001-05-11 | 2006-02-20 |
| MITCHELL, Craig Lancelot | Director | 1995-03-13 | 1996-01-03 |
| MURPHY, Bernard Hugh | Director | 1995-03-30 | 1999-04-24 |
| REDFERN, Peter Lindsay | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2026-01-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-03 | 1995-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-10-13 | Active |
| Dopano Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-13 | Active |
| Cotswold Motor Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-22 | Ceased 2022-10-13 |
| Harris Realisations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-20 | Ceased 2019-03-22 |
| Mr Peter Michael Harris | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-29 |
| Andrew Christopher Hulcoop | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-25 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-07 | RP04PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing change details of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-10-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
-5.2%
£235,861,629 £223,646,614
-
Cash
-8.4%
£341,588 £312,747
-
Net assets
+14.7%
£16,198,844 £18,574,752
-
Employees
-1.5%
343 338
-
Operating profit
-21.8%
£6,739,359 £5,268,583
-
Profit before tax
-31.5%
£4,472,335 £3,061,387
-
Wages
-2.4%
£12,108,967 £11,812,388
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