BAPCHILD MOTORING WORLD (KENT) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-06 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
-33.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,293
+46.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£12M
-626.9% 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 | £697,438,216 | £859,051,049 | |
| Operating profit | £6,184,944 | -£4,204,184 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,247,687 | -£11,842,520 | |
| Net profit | £1,145,001 | -£10,661,561 | |
| Cash | £4,565,707 | £6,279,689 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £56,671,489 | £70,331,709 | |
| Net assets | £32,258,745 | £21,597,184 | |
| Equity | £32,258,745 | £21,597,184 | |
| Average employees | 881 | 1,293 | |
| Wages | £24,189,133 | £34,531,989 |
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 | 0.9% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | -6.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 1.57x | -0.54x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- BAPCHILD MOTORING WORLD (KENT) LIMITED · parent
- Grange Height Limited 100%
- SW Group Preparation Centre Limited 100%
- Bapchild Propco 1 Limited 100%
- Big Car Finance Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our ninth and tenth retail sites in Sheffield and Norwich, purchased in July 2024, launched following a redevelopment and rebranding during the same month. As part of this acquisition a further unopened site in Camberley was purchased and welcomed its first customers in November 2024.”
- “During 2024 our sales sites in Peterborough were consolidated to one location by closing Werrington and transferring operations to our site at Fengate.”
- “The decision made by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to withdraw GAP Insurance from the UK market during 2024 removed an ancillary revenue stream.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Thomas | Director | 2024-03-07 | Feb 1984 | British |
| VAUGHAN, Laurence Edward William | Director | 2022-04-13 | May 1963 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Jemima | Secretary | 2017-02-20 | 2022-04-04 |
| PERKS, Aaron | Secretary | 2005-04-19 | 2017-02-20 |
| WADDELL, Deborah Helen | Secretary | 2003-04-23 | 2005-04-20 |
| CARTWRIGHT, James Peter | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-04-12 |
| COTTON, Ronald | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2010-04-22 |
| FARDAD, Reza | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-04-12 |
| GRADASSI, Giles | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-04-12 |
| HODSON, Neil | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-04-12 |
| MABY, Alexander | Director | 2023-01-04 | 2023-09-30 |
| PERKS, Aaron | Director | 2005-04-19 | 2016-06-27 |
| POTTER, Alex | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-04-12 |
| THORLEY, David Ian | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2024-04-12 |
| WADDELL, Deborah Helen | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2006-04-04 |
| WADDELL, Deborah Helen | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2005-04-20 |
| WADDELL, Peter Jackson | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2024-04-10 |
| WADDELL, Peter | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2005-04-20 |
| WATTS, Michael John | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2022-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebell Cars Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-30 | Active |
| Peter Waddell Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-15 | Ceased 2022-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+23.2%
£697,438,216 £859,051,049
-
Cash
+37.5%
£4,565,707 £6,279,689
-
Net assets
-33.1%
£32,258,745 £21,597,184
-
Employees
+46.8%
881 1,293
-
Operating profit
-168%
£6,184,944 -£4,204,184
-
Profit before tax
-626.9%
£2,247,687 -£11,842,520
-
Wages
+42.8%
£24,189,133 £34,531,989
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