HALFORDS AUTOCENTRES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£300K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9M
-29% vs 2024
Employees
2,978
+3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
+88.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HALFORDS AUTOCENTRES LIMITED 2011-02-16 → present
- NATIONWIDE AUTOCENTRES LIMITED 2000-11-13 → 2011-02-16
- BRABCO NO: 118 (2000) LIMITED 2000-08-10 → 2000-11-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £329,300,000 | £342,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£16,300,000 | £4,300,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£24,400,000 | -£2,700,000 | |
| Net profit | -£25,900,000 | -£3,800,000 | |
| Cash | — | £300,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £191,500,000 | £182,500,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,400,000 | £8,800,000 | |
| Equity | £12,400,000 | £8,800,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,870 | 2,978 | |
| Wages | £102,500,000 | £112,100,000 |
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 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.9% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | -7.9% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.5% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.3% | 97.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | -1.23x | 0.61x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“They do not consider there to be a material uncertainty relating to the Group's and the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 15 April 2025, it was announced that Graham Stapleton had stepped down as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and that Henry Birch had been appointed as his replacement. This has no impact on the financial statements for the period ended 28 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'GORMAN, Timothy Joseph Gerard | Secretary | 2016-01-18 | — | — |
| BIRCH, Henry Benedict | Director | 2025-04-16 | Feb 1969 | British |
| HARTLEY, Johanna Ruth | Director | 2022-06-16 | Mar 1975 | British |
| O'HARA, Paul David | Director | 2021-12-07 | Apr 1978 | British |
| PAY, Adam Phillip | Director | 2025-10-08 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, James Sidney William | Secretary | 2001-04-02 | 2006-03-28 |
| HENDERSON, Charles Alexander | Secretary | 2010-02-18 | 2014-06-06 |
| LYNCH, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2006-08-17 | 2006-08-23 |
| MCCABE, Anthony | Secretary | 2000-11-07 | 2000-12-27 |
| MITCHELL, Roy | Secretary | 2000-12-27 | 2001-04-02 |
| O'MAHONY, Andrew James | Secretary | 2000-08-10 | 2000-11-07 |
| RICHARDS, Justin Mark | Secretary | 2014-06-06 | 2015-12-11 |
| STEVENS, Andrew Guy Melville | Secretary | 2006-03-28 | 2010-02-17 |
| TYRRELL, Helen | Secretary | 2015-12-11 | 2016-01-18 |
| COOPER, James Sidney William | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2006-02-10 |
| DAVIES, Matthew Samuel | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2015-04-30 |
| DUFFY, William Kenneth | Director | 2011-09-23 | 2013-08-30 |
| DUFFY, William Kenneth | Director | 2006-03-28 | 2010-02-17 |
| DUNN, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2006-02-10 |
| FINDLAY, Andrew Robert | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| JONES, Gwyndaf Morris | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2006-02-10 |
| MASON, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2015-10-12 | 2018-07-31 |
| MCCABE, Anthony | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2000-12-27 |
| MCDONALD, Gillian Clare | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2017-09-29 |
| MCWALTER, Alan James | Director | 2003-06-26 | 2006-02-10 |
| MITCHELL, Roy | Director | 2000-12-27 | 2006-02-10 |
| NGAN, William | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2000-11-07 |
| O'MAHONY, Andrew James | Director | 2000-08-10 | 2000-11-07 |
| OWEN, Mark Philip | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2006-02-10 |
| RANDALL, Andrew John | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2022-10-07 |
| STANILAND, David | Director | 2000-12-27 | 2006-02-10 |
| STAPLETON, Graham Barry | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2025-04-15 |
| STEVENS, Andrew Guy Melville | Director | 2006-03-28 | 2010-02-17 |
| WHARTON, Nicholas Barry Edward | Director | 2010-02-18 | 2010-11-30 |
| WILD, David James | Director | 2010-02-18 | 2012-07-18 |
| WILKES, Duncan Stewart | Director | 2006-02-10 | 2011-09-30 |
| WOODHOUSE, Loraine | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2022-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfords Group Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Thomas Daniel Singer | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-09-16 | Ceased 2021-06-01 |
| Ms Jill Caseberry | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-03-01 | Ceased 2021-06-01 |
| Mr Keith Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-07-24 | Ceased 2021-06-01 |
| Mrs Helen Victoria Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2021-06-01 |
| Mr David Alexander Robertson Adams | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2020-12-31 |
| Mrs Claudia Isobel Arney | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-03-01 |
| Mr Dennis Henry Millard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-07-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-03-28 vs 2024-03-29
-
Turnover
+4%
£329,300,000 £342,400,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-29%
£12,400,000 £8,800,000
-
Employees
+3.8%
2,870 2,978
-
Operating profit
+126.4%
-£16,300,000 £4,300,000
-
Profit before tax
+88.9%
-£24,400,000 -£2,700,000
-
Wages
+9.4%
£102,500,000 £112,100,000
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