SANDICLIFFE MOTOR HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-19.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
+3% vs 2023
Employees
463
+5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-32.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £312,673,000 | £291,456,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,818,000 | £3,474,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,202,000 | £2,168,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,305,000 | £1,320,000 | |
| Cash | £2,628,000 | £2,124,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,129,000 | £34,654,000 | |
| Net assets | £28,186,000 | £29,018,000 | |
| Equity | £28,186,000 | £29,018,000 | |
| Average employees | 437 | 463 | |
| Wages | £15,197,000 | £15,115,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 10.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 2.88x | 2.66x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate cash resources and credit facilities to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of this report. On this basis the financial statements of the company have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SANDICLIFFE MOTOR HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Sandicliffe Garage Limited 100%
- Sandicliffe Limited 100%
- Automotive Distribution Services Limited 100%
- Sandicliffe Motor Group Limited 100%
- Mottershead & Smith Limited 100%
- Driver's World Limited 100%
- Panel Services Limited 100%
- Sandicliffe (Contract Hire & Leasing) Limited 100%
- Boston Motors Limited 100%
- Trent Trucks Limited 100%
- Gillotts Garage Limited 100%
- Nottingham Ford Limited 100%
- Leicester Ford Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The year saw the company expand into a new area with the acquisition of a dealership in Lincoln to further the expansion with our MG and Maxus partners.”
- “The company has further invested by welcoming BYD and Xpeng to our manufacturer portfolio in the first quarter of 2025.”
- “The year has seen challenges specifically in the new sales arena as manufacturers face the increasing requirement to transition from the internal combustion engine to electrification.”
- “In April 2024, the Directors refinanced with Barclays Bank the existing £6m Revolving Credit Facility and a further £2.5m peak period overdraft facility, for a further period of 3 years, expiring in April 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODHOUSE, Nicholas William Thomas | Secretary | 2002-12-05 | — | British |
| BARTON, Thomas Henry Alystair | Director | 2002-12-05 | Jun 1963 | British |
| EGGLENTON, Melvyn John | Director | 2021-08-05 | Feb 1957 | British |
| MURFITT, Elizabeth Angela | Director | 2012-04-06 | May 1957 | British |
| PEZZOTTA, Nicholas Angelo | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1988 | British |
| WOODHOUSE, Nicholas William Thomas | Director | 2002-12-05 | Nov 1952 | British |
| WOODHOUSE, Paul Richard George | Director | 2015-08-26 | Apr 1977 | British |
| WOODHOUSE, Richard Andrew Joseph Barton | Director | 2002-12-05 | May 1945 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHER, Stephanie | Director | 2020-03-20 | 2025-12-31 |
| BARTON, Thomas Henry | Director | 2002-12-05 | 2019-05-05 |
| BEDDARD, Darren James | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2020-03-20 |
| CHISHOLM, Ian Randal | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2010-07-01 |
| HILLS, Penelope Elizabeth May | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2025-12-02 |
| WOODHOUSE, John Richard | Director | 2002-12-05 | 2017-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Darren James Beddard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-21 | Ceased 2020-03-20 |
| Mr Richard Andrew Joseph Barton Woodhouse | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-01 |
| Mr Paul Richard George Woodhouse | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-01 |
| Mr Nicholas William Thomas Woodhouse | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-01 |
| Mr Thomas Henry Alystair Barton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
-6.8%
£312,673,000 £291,456,000
-
Cash
-19.2%
£2,628,000 £2,124,000
-
Net assets
+3%
£28,186,000 £29,018,000
-
Employees
+5.9%
437 463
-
Operating profit
-27.9%
£4,818,000 £3,474,000
-
Profit before tax
-32.3%
£3,202,000 £2,168,000
-
Wages
-0.5%
£15,197,000 £15,115,000
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