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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

  1. COTSWOLD MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 2006-04-03 → present
  2. COTSWOLD MOTOR GROUP PLC 1995-05-09 → 2006-04-03
  3. CHARMBONUS LIMITED 1995-03-03 → 1995-05-09

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 343338
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 1.16x1.20x
Interest cover 2.96x2.35x

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

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 PDF
2026-01-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-02-09 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
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 PDF
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 PDF
2022-10-24 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2022-10-24 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2022-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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

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

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