COX OF TORBAY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+44.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+16.7% vs 2024
Employees
58
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£817K
+1.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,377,480 | £18,474,259 | |
| Operating profit | £809,528 | £754,551 | |
| Profit before tax | £808,061 | £816,719 | |
| Net profit | £605,994 | £612,311 | |
| Cash | £2,570,704 | £3,720,877 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,905,637 | £4,513,198 | |
| Net assets | £3,656,875 | £4,269,186 | |
| Equity | £3,656,875 | £4,269,186 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 58 | |
| Wages | £1,043,966 | £1,146,879 |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.7% | 16.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 551.83x | 1337.86x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared forecasts that show the Group will be able to settle its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future On this basis the directors have prepared the accounts on the going concern basis”
Group structure
- COX OF TORBAY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Marldon Service Station Limited 100%
- Aller Vale Garage (Cox Bros) Limited 100%
- Waterside Garage (Three Beaches) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 2002-11-11 | — | British |
| COX, Nicholas Ian | Director | 2002-11-11 | Dec 1943 | British |
| COX, Richard Barry | Director | 2002-11-11 | Dec 1937 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-11-11 | 2002-11-11 |
| COX, Peter Gerald | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2015-10-22 |
| COX, Timothy Roger | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2020-08-26 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-11-11 | 2002-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Marie Penelope Cox | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2021-06-30 | Active |
| Mary Patricia Cox | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-11-09 | Active |
| Samantha Jane Witherington | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-09 | Active |
| Timothy Roger Cox | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-06-30 |
| Estate Of The Late Peter Gerald Cox | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-09 |
| Nicholas Ian Cox | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-08-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-27 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-18 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares reconversion | |
| 2021-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-12 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2021-07-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+0.5%
£18,377,480 £18,474,259
-
Cash
+44.7%
£2,570,704 £3,720,877
-
Net assets
+16.7%
£3,656,875 £4,269,186
-
Employees
-1.7%
59 58
-
Operating profit
-6.8%
£809,528 £754,551
-
Profit before tax
+1.1%
£808,061 £816,719
-
Wages
+9.9%
£1,043,966 £1,146,879
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