GRAYPAUL MOTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-26 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-84.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£40M
+7.1% vs 2023
Employees
262
+5.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-27.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GRAYPAUL MOTORS LIMITED 1995-10-02 → present
- BROOMCO (949) LIMITED 1995-07-12 → 1995-10-02
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 | £317,926,000 | £302,661,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,136,000 | £5,956,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,012,000 | £4,343,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,244,000 | £2,638,000 | |
| Cash | £8,398,000 | £1,298,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,615,000 | £42,187,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,913,000 | £39,551,000 | |
| Equity | £36,913,000 | £39,551,000 | |
| Average employees | 249 | 262 | |
| Wages | £9,757,000 | £10,602,000 |
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 | 2.2% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 14.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.7% | 64.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 6.35x | 3.69x |
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 have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence in the foreseeable future, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing and approving of these financial statements. As such, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that there are no material uncertainties and continue to adopt the going concern assumption in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Supreme Court heard an appeal concerning motor finance commission claims in April 2025. The judgment was given on 1 August 2025 and concluded that the motor dealers do not owe a fiduciary duty to customers.”
- “The FCA has announced that it will consult on an industry-wide scheme to compensate motor finance customers who were treated unfairly and will publish the consultation by early October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 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 | 1999-08-27 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 14 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 |
| MORRIS, Mark Christopher | Secretary | 1995-09-21 | 2005-05-26 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-07-12 | 1995-09-21 |
| 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 | 1999-08-27 | 2025-11-04 |
| MORRIS, Mark Christopher | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2005-05-26 |
| PAGE-MORRIS, Geoffrey Giovanni | Director | 2005-04-30 | 2015-08-04 |
| VAUGHAN, Laurence Edward William | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2022-06-30 |
| DLA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-07-12 | 1995-09-21 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-07-12 | 1995-09-21 |
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, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-07-17 | 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 | |
| 2023-07-12 | 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 | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-16 | 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
-4.8%
£317,926,000 £302,661,000
-
Cash
-84.5%
£8,398,000 £1,298,000
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£36,913,000 £39,551,000
-
Employees
+5.2%
249 262
-
Operating profit
-16.5%
£7,136,000 £5,956,000
-
Profit before tax
-27.8%
£6,012,000 £4,343,000
-
Wages
+8.7%
£9,757,000 £10,602,000
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