DONALDS GARAGE (BURY ST. EDMUNDS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-04 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-21
Watchouts
Cash
£94K
+20,833.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£695K
-17% vs 2023
Employees
36
-2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£178K
-189.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Based on the directors' judgement, a material uncertainty related to events or conditions exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, due to a breach of bank loan covenant at year end and subsequent breaches, with the bank reserving the right to take action despite no current action being taken. The auditor's opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DONALDS GARAGE (BURY ST. EDMUNDS) LIMITED 2004-06-17 → present
- CLASSICDRIVE LIMITED 2004-05-21 → 2004-06-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,513,476 | £30,178,735 | |
| Operating profit | £306,589 | £90,857 | |
| Profit before tax | £197,952 | -£177,789 | |
| Net profit | £131,940 | -£142,861 | |
| Cash | £450 | £94,199 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £864,410 | £695,150 | |
| Net assets | £838,011 | £695,150 | |
| Equity | £838,011 | £695,150 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 36 | |
| Wages | £1,160,476 | £1,261,593 |
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.5% | 13.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 2.82x | 0.34x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Based on the directors' judgement, a material uncertainty related to events or conditions exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern, due to a breach of bank loan covenant at year end and subsequent breaches, with the bank reserving the right to take action despite no current action being taken. The auditor's opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.”
Significant events
- “The company has a commitment at the reporting date to repurchase vehicles from Car Benefit Solutions (CBS), at agreed values of £286,691 (2023: £186,826).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMBLIN, Ilse Charlotte | Director | 2017-05-26 | Aug 1940 | German |
| HAMBLIN, Samantha Caroline | Director | 2014-04-29 | Nov 1974 | British |
| KELLY, Jaime | Director | 2021-05-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| WEMYSS, David Graham | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMBLIN, Peter Richard | Secretary | 2004-05-21 | 2015-05-01 |
| M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-21 | 2004-05-21 |
| HAMBLIN, Peter Richard | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2015-05-01 |
| HAMBLIN, Samantha Caroline | Director | 2004-05-21 | 2010-04-30 |
| STONE, Daniel Lee | Director | 2004-05-22 | 2019-09-18 |
| DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-05-21 | 2004-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donalds Garage Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-04-30 vs 2023-04-30
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Turnover
+23.1%
£24,513,476 £30,178,735
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Cash
+20,833.1%
£450 £94,199
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Net assets
-17%
£838,011 £695,150
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Employees
-2.7%
37 36
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Operating profit
-70.4%
£306,589 £90,857
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Profit before tax
-189.8%
£197,952 -£177,789
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Wages
+8.7%
£1,160,476 £1,261,593
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