WELLINGTON MOTORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£564K
-56.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+8.6% vs 2023
Employees
134
+17.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-24.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WELLINGTON MOTORS LIMITED 1996-03-21 → present
- LOCHRUN LIMITED 1995-11-14 → 1996-03-21
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 | £65,918,924 | £66,407,205 | |
| Operating profit | £1,912,221 | £1,515,122 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,012,184 | £1,515,295 | |
| Net profit | £1,523,900 | £1,133,499 | |
| Cash | £1,308,094 | £563,577 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,889,437 | £9,560,259 | |
| Net assets | £8,549,754 | £9,281,253 | |
| Equity | £8,549,754 | £9,281,253 | |
| Average employees | 114 | 134 | |
| Wages | £3,093,766 | £3,607,683 |
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% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.5% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.7% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.69x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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
- “The ongoing investment with the in-house maintenance team ensured all sites continued to be presented at the very highest level.”
- “The company adjusted well to the challenges of product supply responding quickly with online business starting with new vehicles and leading through to used.”
- “The director is hugely excited about this addition of Omoda & Jaecoo and are very proud to have been chosen as the representative for such a fast-moving innovative new entry into the UK marketplace.”
- “The Exeter Direct Car Supermarket outlet is now fully operational at the very centre of Marsh Barton.”
- “The company is moving forwards with its solar panel project in 2025 at Wellington and over the next 2 years this will be completed for all the groups freehold properties.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLCOMBE, Matthew Charles | Director | 2010-01-12 | May 1979 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HECTOR, Lorraine | Secretary | 2008-11-01 | 2018-08-30 |
| MOSSMAN, Neil Alexander | Secretary | 2005-07-05 | 2009-01-21 |
| SWEETMAN, Gillian Anne | Secretary | 1997-08-28 | 2005-07-05 |
| THOMAS, Brian Horace | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1997-08-28 |
| THOMAS, Hazel | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1997-08-28 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 |
| FINN, Michael John | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2023-12-13 |
| HECTOR, Lorraine | Director | 2008-04-09 | 2018-08-30 |
| MOSSMAN, Neil Alexander | Director | 1996-01-08 | 2009-01-21 |
| SWEETMAN, Gillian Anne | Director | 1996-01-08 | 2005-07-05 |
| THOMAS, Brian Horace | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2011-01-18 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wmg Property Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part cease with charge number | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+0.7%
£65,918,924 £66,407,205
-
Cash
-56.9%
£1,308,094 £563,577
-
Net assets
+8.6%
£8,549,754 £9,281,253
-
Employees
+17.5%
114 134
-
Operating profit
-20.8%
£1,912,221 £1,515,122
-
Profit before tax
-24.7%
£2,012,184 £1,515,295
-
Wages
+16.6%
£3,093,766 £3,607,683
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