MAGNA MOTOR COMPANY (CHRISTCHURCH) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-23 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£427K
+64.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
0% vs 2024
Employees
31
-13.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16K
+2.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MAGNA MOTOR COMPANY (CHRISTCHURCH) LIMITED 1999-08-23 → present
- BUILDDUAL LIMITED 1999-07-09 → 1999-08-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,063,953 | £16,670,070 | |
| Operating profit | £80,120 | £54,942 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,169 | £15,553 | |
| Net profit | £43 | £744 | |
| Cash | £259,963 | £427,030 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,744,404 | £1,744,944 | |
| Net assets | £1,708,203 | £1,708,947 | |
| Equity | £1,708,203 | £1,708,947 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 31 | |
| Wages | £1,107,028 | £1,080,056 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.2% | 56.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 1.23x | 1.26x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The financial year ending April 2025 continued to be difficult. The exiting of the Subaru brand in Poole has allowed for an exit of the lease by the calendar year end December 2025. We therefore expect this to allow the Christchurch Mazda dealership to return this business back to the historic performance that was enjoyed prior to the diversification that became necessary after Mitsubishi withdrew from the UK market.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICKARD, Simon Nicholas | Secretary | 2022-09-07 | — | — |
| ROBERTS, Stephen Anthony | Director | 1999-07-22 | Mar 1962 | British |
| SHARPE, Christian Norman | Director | 2005-01-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARPE, Aimee Marie | Secretary | 1999-07-22 | 2022-09-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-09 | 1999-07-22 |
| SHARPE, Aimee Marie | Director | 1999-07-22 | 2022-09-07 |
| SHARPE, Colin Ross | Director | 1999-07-22 | 2023-02-03 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-07-09 | 1999-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Motor Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
| Magna Motor Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-12.6%
£19,063,953 £16,670,070
-
Cash
+64.3%
£259,963 £427,030
-
Net assets
0%
£1,708,203 £1,708,947
-
Employees
-13.9%
36 31
-
Operating profit
-31.4%
£80,120 £54,942
-
Profit before tax
+2.5%
£15,169 £15,553
-
Wages
-2.4%
£1,107,028 £1,080,056
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