AUTO WINDSCREENS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+184.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-47.7% vs 2023
Employees
831
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-180% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AUTO WINDSCREENS SERVICES LIMITED 2021-09-28 → present
- TRIFORDS LIMITED 2011-02-07 → 2021-09-28
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 | £89,215,000 | £89,634,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,080,000 | £672,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,393,000 | -£1,114,000 | |
| Net profit | £970,000 | -£1,123,000 | |
| Cash | £431,000 | £1,225,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,268,000 | £12,476,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,350,000 | £1,229,000 | |
| Equity | £2,350,000 | £1,229,000 | |
| Average employees | 801 | 831 | |
| Wages | £22,582,000 | £23,530,000 |
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 | 3.5% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.1% | 97.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.88x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | 1.83x | 0.38x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's immediate parent entity, Markerstudy Group Limited (“MGL”), has provided a letter of support confirming that it will continue to provide financial support to the Company such that it will continue to be able to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 3 October 2024, the Company has given a guarantee in respect of Markerstudy Group's borrowing facilities. The guarantee is secured by a fixed and floating charge on certain assets of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, Christopher James | Secretary | 2015-09-18 | — | — |
| BARBER, Keith John | Director | 2011-02-21 | May 1974 | British |
| HUMPHREYS, Gary | Director | 2011-05-11 | May 1965 | British |
| MACBETH, James Alexander | Director | 2021-11-03 | Oct 1971 | British |
| SPENCER, Kevin Ronald | Director | 2011-05-11 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWARD, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-09-13 | 2015-09-18 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-02-07 | 2011-02-21 |
| DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2011-02-21 |
| MIYAN, Saleem Hamid | Director | 2012-12-07 | 2014-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markerstudy Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-15 | Active |
| Mr Kevin Ronald Spencer | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-25 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Markerstudy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+0.5%
£89,215,000 £89,634,000
-
Cash
+184.2%
£431,000 £1,225,000
-
Net assets
-47.7%
£2,350,000 £1,229,000
-
Employees
+3.7%
801 831
-
Operating profit
-78.2%
£3,080,000 £672,000
-
Profit before tax
-180%
£1,393,000 -£1,114,000
-
Wages
+4.2%
£22,582,000 £23,530,000
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