GM SPECIALITY VEHICLES UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-09 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+630.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-813% vs 2023
Employees
42
+75% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£92K
-131.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GM SPECIALITY VEHICLES UK LIMITED 2021-05-05 → present
- GLOBAL TOOLING SERVICE COMPANY EUROPE LIMITED 2006-12-21 → 2021-05-05
- GLOBAL TOOLING COMPANY EUROPE LIMITED 2006-05-26 → 2006-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,485,784 | £42,650,832 | |
| Operating profit | £1,492,718 | £2,529,473 | |
| Profit before tax | £289,528 | -£91,886 | |
| Net profit | £4,512,829 | -£3,516,817 | |
| Cash | £225,381 | £1,646,151 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,833,911 | £16,347,087 | |
| Net assets | £432,559 | -£3,084,258 | |
| Equity | £432,559 | -£3,084,258 | |
| Average employees | 24 | 42 | |
| Wages | £2,873,613 | £4,510,229 |
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 | 3.6% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | -8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 15.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.5% | 103.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.41x | 0.33x | |
| Interest cover | 1.24x | 0.96x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue to secure adequate resources from its ultimate parent to continue in operational existence through 31 May 2026.”
Group structure
- GM SPECIALITY VEHICLES UK LIMITED · parent
- GM Finance Co. Holdings LLC 0.4%
Significant events
- “The Cash Pooling and Revolving Loan Agreement between GM Global Treasury Centre Limited and GM Speciality Vehicles UK Limited was amended on 10 April 2025 to extend the maturity date to 31 August 2026 and increase the funding permits to €90 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-11-01 | — | — |
| DE MESQUITA WILLISCH, Marina | Director | 2022-09-07 | Jan 1979 | Brazilian |
| DIERNAZ, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2024-12-17 | May 1969 | French |
| KHARE, Vikas | Director | 2021-02-03 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAGI, Rabiya Sultana | Secretary | 2006-05-26 | 2017-07-31 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-07-31 | 2023-10-23 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-05-26 | 2006-05-26 |
| BENJAMIN, Keith John | Director | 2006-05-26 | 2009-02-27 |
| BORLAND, David | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2017-07-31 |
| BOSMA, Thomas John | Director | 2010-01-28 | 2015-07-01 |
| BOYCE, Kevin Patrick | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2024-05-03 |
| BRANSTON, Giles Winthorpe | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2010-01-28 |
| BRUGAL SERRAT, Pere | Director | 2024-12-17 | 2025-10-14 |
| CRANE, Justin | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2018-06-04 |
| DIGIROLAMO, Enrico Peter | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2010-07-31 |
| FREEBURG, Colleen Mcbrien | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2022-07-12 |
| FULCHER, John Robert | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| GILSON, Andrew Robert | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2014-09-25 |
| HAMMONDS, Timothy John | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2017-07-31 |
| HIGHNAM, James Charles | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| HOPE, Peter Thomas | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2017-07-31 |
| JASINKIEWICZ, Paul | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2020-12-15 |
| KIBE, Alfred Kamanja | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2015-12-18 |
| MAESTRI, Luca | Director | 2007-04-19 | 2008-10-01 |
| MANGIARINO, Massimo | Director | 2017-07-31 | 2020-02-25 |
| MELINE, David Walter | Director | 2006-06-06 | 2007-04-19 |
| MERCHANT, Robert Stephen | Director | 2008-10-24 | 2009-09-29 |
| MOLYNEUX, Richard John | Director | 2008-04-24 | 2011-04-30 |
| PARFITT, Christopher William | Director | 2010-01-28 | 2013-06-30 |
| PITTMAN, Jerome Thomas | Director | 2007-08-23 | 2008-10-24 |
| SHEPHERD, Peter Edward | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2010-07-13 |
| WARD, Keith Geoffrey | Director | 2006-06-06 | 2008-04-24 |
| WINKLEY, Rich Jeffrey | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2007-06-01 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-05-26 | 2006-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Motors Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-18 | Active |
| General Motors Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+2.8%
£41,485,784 £42,650,832
-
Cash
+630.4%
£225,381 £1,646,151
-
Net assets
-813%
£432,559 -£3,084,258
-
Employees
+75%
24 42
-
Operating profit
+69.5%
£1,492,718 £2,529,473
-
Profit before tax
-131.7%
£289,528 -£91,886
-
Wages
+57%
£2,873,613 £4,510,229
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