MOTO DIRECT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+46.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+23.8% vs 2023
Employees
90
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+133.2% vs 2023
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 | £34,179,753 | £34,893,441 | |
| Operating profit | £1,654,144 | £3,202,709 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,271,472 | £2,965,528 | |
| Net profit | £1,262,640 | £3,053,954 | |
| Cash | £1,682,815 | £2,471,717 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,911,738 | £15,977,692 | |
| Net assets | £12,829,296 | £15,883,250 | |
| Equity | £12,829,296 | £15,883,250 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 90 | |
| Wages | £3,449,066 | £3,564,252 |
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 | 4.8% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 20.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.8% | 39.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 2.36x | |
| Interest cover | 4.32x | 13.50x |
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
“At the balance sheet date the company had a strong net asset position. Having prepared forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements the directors believe it appropriate that the financial statements be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date of 31 December 2024, the company received the trade, assets, and liabilities of a fellow group company as part of a group reorganisation.”
- “On 1 February 2025, the trade, assets, and liabilities of Race FX Limited were transferred to the company at net book value.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the directors have also resolved to transfer all of the trade, assets and liabilities of Hi-Level Enterprises Limited, Race FX Holdings Limited and Moto Direct Holdings Limited to the company within 12 months of the signing of these financial statements.”
- “On 30 April 2025, the company entered into a Second Lien Debenture with Ares Capital Corporation and Penfund Partners Inc, acting as Second Lien Agent, under which it granted both fixed and floating charges over its present and future assets, undertakings and property.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTLES, Terry | Director | 2014-10-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| DAVIS, Stuart Edward | Director | 2015-08-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| HAKANSON, Peter | Director | 2023-10-10 | May 1962 | Swedish |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLOCK, Deborah Margaret | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2007-01-01 |
| BULLOCK, Roland | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | 2020-07-29 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-03-16 | 2000-03-16 |
| BULLOCK, Deborah Margaret | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2022-10-19 |
| DAY, Christopher | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2018-11-13 |
| NEILL, Simon Andrew | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2001-12-31 |
| SWINBANK, John Robert | Director | 2017-10-23 | 2023-03-01 |
| TOWERS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2022-10-19 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-16 | 2000-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Electrical Products (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2022-10-19 | Active |
| Alcopa Nv | Corporate entity | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence | 2020-01-17 | Ceased 2022-10-19 |
| Mrs Deborah Margaret Bullock | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
+2.1%
£34,179,753 £34,893,441
-
Cash
+46.9%
£1,682,815 £2,471,717
-
Net assets
+23.8%
£12,829,296 £15,883,250
-
Employees
-1.1%
91 90
-
Operating profit
+93.6%
£1,654,144 £3,202,709
-
Profit before tax
+133.2%
£1,271,472 £2,965,528
-
Wages
+3.3%
£3,449,066 £3,564,252
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