LONDON EV COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+42.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£126M
-3,385.7% vs 2023
Employees
395
-14.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£179M
-72.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LONDON EV COMPANY LIMITED 2017-09-01 → present
- THE LONDON TAXI CORPORATION LIMITED 2013-02-13 → 2017-09-01
- GEELY OPCO UK LIMITED 2013-01-11 → 2013-02-13
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 | £129,190,000 | £88,145,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£75,585,000 | -£156,559,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£104,062,000 | -£179,430,000 | |
| Net profit | -£104,053,000 | -£179,468,000 | |
| Cash | £5,106,000 | £7,293,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,036,000 | -£116,333,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,824,000 | -£125,644,000 | |
| Equity | £3,824,000 | -£125,644,000 | |
| Average employees | 461 | 395 | |
| Wages | £20,469,000 | £18,121,000 |
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 | -58.5% | -177.6% | |
| Net margin | -80.5% | -203.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -328.1% | 134.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | 201.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.71x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | -2.65x | -6.53x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have made appropriate enquiries from the Group to ensure the Company has the necessary resources to continue its operations going forward... The Directors expect the Company will have the adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, therefore adopting the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- LONDON EV COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- LEVC Finance Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 May 2024, the Company raised £50m by issuing 11,820,331 shares of nominal value £1.00 each to Geely UK Limited ("GUK") with an aggregate of £38.18m added to the share premium account of the Company.”
- “A voluntary redundancy programme was implemented in December 2024 to support a planned reduction in line throughput from early 2025.”
- “The Company made the strategic decision to suspend material supply schedules issued in October 2024 (covering production for weeks 1 to 5 of 2025).”
- “The TX5 impairment charge totals £70.55m which was split between Intangible assets of £59.4m (Note 11) and Tangible assets of £11.15m (Note 12).”
- “The early release of a long-term royalty prepayment of £17.51m in 2024.”
- “On the 7 March 2024, the Company received $400,000,000 from its immediate parent, Geely UK Limited, in full settlement of the intercompany capital contribution receivable outstanding at 31 December 2023.”
- “In April 2025, the government extended the Plug-In Taxi Grant for one additional year at a 33% reduction, offering £4,000 per vehicle.”
- “As part of the Company's working capital strategy, in April 2025, an inter-company loan of £45.00m was issued to the Company from its parent company Geely International (Hong Kong) Ltd (GIHK) for an initial term of 1 year.”
- “On the 24th June 2025, a loan was issued to the Company from its parent company GIHK, totaling £50.00m for an initial term of 1 year. A decision was made not to renew the £50.00m bank loan with Santander UK Plc which was repaid in full on 25 June 2025 and replaced with this inter-group loan at a lower interest rate.”
- “On 17th July, the Company repaid its HSBC loan of £65.00m early and replaced it with a 627.25m CNY loan with a term of one year.”
- “The Company's loan with Societe Generale Bank was successfully renewed on 31 August 2025 with unchanged terms or value, maintaining a facility of up to £38.00m for a further 12 months.”
- “In July 2025, LEVC opened a new branch in Paris, France, to support the existing fleet of almost 300 TX5 vehicles in Paris.”
- “Also during July of 2025, the Company announced a formal redundancy program, schedules for implementation in the second half of the year.”
- “On 26th August, the Company's loan facility with BNP was repaid in full and replaced by an intragroup loan from GIHK for the same value but with an improved interest rate with a term of one year.”
- “In August of 2025, Geely UK Limited, the Company's immediate parent, bought the shares in the Company owned by Natixis SA for a total of £80.0m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIGBY, Charlotte | Secretary | 2024-12-03 | — | — |
| GUO, Junchu | Director | 2021-01-20 | Jul 1974 | Chinese |
| NAN, Shengliang | Director | 2020-10-07 | Sep 1975 | Chinese |
| SONG, Jun | Director | 2024-10-15 | Jan 1974 | Chinese |
| WANG, Bo | Director | 2024-10-15 | Sep 1980 | Chinese |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Christopher Arthur James | Secretary | 2020-10-07 | 2024-12-03 |
| DEVIN, Mark | Secretary | 2013-02-12 | 2018-04-27 |
| ZHANG, Han, Ms. | Secretary | 2021-01-20 | 2025-01-16 |
| ALLEN, Christopher Arthur James | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2026-04-24 |
| DONG, Haochun | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2021-01-20 |
| DONGHUI, Li | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2014-10-21 |
| DUANMU, Xiaolu | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2021-01-20 |
| FAN, Xianjun | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2021-01-20 |
| FORSTER, Carl-Peter Edmund Moriz | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2019-08-02 |
| GUBBEY, Christopher Patrick Marston | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-02-06 |
| HOFMANN, Joerg | Director | 2019-02-14 | 2022-06-30 |
| JOHANSEN, Peter John Sverre | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2016-12-31 |
| LI, Donghui | Director | 2016-09-22 | 2018-11-05 |
| LI, Yifan, Mr. | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2021-04-28 |
| LI, Yifan | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2016-09-22 |
| LIN, James | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-01-20 |
| LIN, Mingshi | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2021-01-20 |
| WANG, Mo | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2024-08-14 |
| ZHANG, Quan | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2024-10-15 |
| ZHANG, Ran | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2014-10-21 |
| ZHANG, Yi | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2015-09-16 |
| ZHOU, Jianqun | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2020-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geely Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-26 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-31.8%
£129,190,000 £88,145,000
-
Cash
+42.8%
£5,106,000 £7,293,000
-
Net assets
-3,385.7%
£3,824,000 -£125,644,000
-
Employees
-14.3%
461 395
-
Operating profit
-107.1%
-£75,585,000 -£156,559,000
-
Profit before tax
-72.4%
-£104,062,000 -£179,430,000
-
Wages
-11.5%
£20,469,000 £18,121,000
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