HONDA FINANCE EUROPE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-23 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£60M
+58.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£166M
-21.8% vs 2024
Employees
80
+5.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£50M
-451.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,099,000 | £73,871,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,783,000 | -£49,674,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £14,119,000 | -£49,597,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,594,000 | -£37,183,000 | |
| Cash | £37,710,000 | £59,648,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £629,264,000 | £542,493,000 | |
| Net assets | £212,264,000 | £166,077,000 | |
| Equity | £212,264,000 | £166,077,000 | |
| Average employees | 76 | 80 | |
| Wages | £4,015,000 | £4,662,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.6% | -67.2% | |
| Net margin | 17.3% | -50.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | -9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.4% | 84.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | 82.04x | -3821.08x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the Company has the financial resources to manage its business risks and remain operational for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and accounts. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “An exceptional provision of £62.2m has, therefore, been recognised in the financial year to March 2025 to reflect the estimated economic outflow in relation to commission arrangements to cover the potential FCA redress scheme, including incremental estimated administrative and resource costs.”
- “The Supreme Court issued its ruling on 1st August 2025 and dismissed the argument relating to bribery and that dealers owed a fiduciary duty to customers. However, the test of unfairness was agreed in one specific case because of the undisclosed commission and its impact on the customer.”
- “Following the ruling, the FCA issued a statement on 3rd August of its intention to consult on a compensation scheme for motor finance customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELLS, Ian | Secretary | 2009-04-17 | — | British |
| CRUMP, Joseph | Director | 2024-05-23 | Dec 1968 | British |
| HIROSE, Kiyoshi | Director | 2025-05-30 | Mar 1971 | Japanese |
| HOWELLS, Ian | Director | 2018-04-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| OKAYAMA, Toshikatsu | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1970 | Japanese |
| WINTER, Richard Martin Newman | Director | 2021-04-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, William David Graeme | Secretary | 1996-12-04 | 2009-04-17 |
| ADAMSON, Rebecca | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| DE JAEGER, Hans Richard Ivonne | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| FUJIMURA, Eiji | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| HANABUSA, Takao | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2007-03-30 |
| HARADA, Minoru | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2004-04-01 |
| HIROSE, Masaharu | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| HODGETTS, David | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| IKETSU, Masahiro | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| INOUE, Katsushi | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2018-04-01 |
| ITO, Kazue | Director | 1996-12-04 | 1998-06-01 |
| ITO, Tatsuro | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2009-02-01 |
| KAJI, Kohei | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| KAWAGUCHI, Masao | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| KOBAYASHI, Masamitsu | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| KOIKE, Masaaki | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| KURISU, Takanori | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| MASAFUMI, Suzuki | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2010-12-04 |
| MIKOSHIBA, Toshiaki | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-04-01 |
| MURAYAMA, Akira | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| NISHIMAE, Manabu | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| ROSS, William Philip | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2018-04-01 |
| SASAKI, Shiro | Director | 1996-12-04 | 2000-06-01 |
| SATO, Yuetsu | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2010-04-01 |
| STRENG, Jean-Marc Robert | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| SUZUKI, Masafumi | Director | 2010-12-04 | 2013-04-01 |
| SUZUKI, Shinji | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| SUZUKI, Shinji | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| TAKAGI, Shigeru | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2011-03-01 |
| TAKEUCHI, Shigeru | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| TSUCHIDA, Toshihisa | Director | 1996-12-04 | 2000-06-01 |
| UENO, Hideaki | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-04-01 |
| YANAGIDA, Yasuo | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honda Motor Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+20.9%
£61,099,000 £73,871,000
-
Cash
+58.2%
£37,710,000 £59,648,000
-
Net assets
-21.8%
£212,264,000 £166,077,000
-
Employees
+5.3%
76 80
-
Operating profit
-460.4%
£13,783,000 -£49,674,000
-
Profit before tax
-451.3%
£14,119,000 -£49,597,000
-
Wages
+16.1%
£4,015,000 £4,662,000
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