CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-58.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
-28.1% vs 2023
Employees
5,699
+1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+105.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PLC 2021-11-24 → present
- CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED 2016-10-28 → 2021-11-24
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 | £79,836,916 | £88,732,394 | |
| Operating profit | £4,077,094 | £7,116,383 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,742,772 | £5,633,803 | |
| Net profit | £1,334,322 | £4,151,223 | |
| Cash | £6,982,950 | £2,911,787 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,874,722 | £27,203,855 | |
| Net assets | £31,527,057 | £22,662,713 | |
| Equity | £31,527,057 | £22,662,713 | |
| Average employees | 5,640 | 5,699 | |
| Wages | £19,607,116 | £21,111,193 |
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 | 5.1% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.0% | 26.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.9% | 42.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.09x | 2.65x | |
| Interest cover | 3.06x | 4.57x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Group's business activities and the factors likely to affect future performance in light of the current and anticipated trading conditions. In making their assessment the Directors have reviewed the Group's latest budget, current trading, available current cash and available debt facilities. The Directors have also considered stressed forecast cash flows of the business. As a result of the above considerations, the Directors consider that the Group has adequate resources in place for at least the next twelve months following the date of approval of the financial statements and have therefore adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PLC · parent
- CTI Automotive Group Limited 1%
- CI Automotive CZ s.r.o. 1%
- CT Automotive Interiors (Mexico) Private Limited 1%
- CT Automotive Systems DE Mexico 1%
- CT Automotive Group GmbH 1%
- Chinatoal Automotive Systems Limited 1%
- Chinatoal UK Limited 1%
- Chinatoal Otomotiv Sanayi Tic. Limited Sirketi 1%
- IMS Chinatoal JV, LLC 1%
- Chinatoal Automotive Holding Company Limited 1%
- Chinatoal Automotive Components Co. Ltd 1%
Significant events
- “On 23 November 2023, 10% shares in the subsidiary were sold to Simon Phillips, CEO and Scott McKenzie, COO resulting in a gain on disposal of $500,000.”
- “On 1 May 2024 the Group entered into a general service agreement with Aqua Watercraft Limited (Aqua), 100% wholly owned by Simon Phillips. Under the terms of the agreement Aqua provides general management services to the Group. The total amount recognised in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 was $200,000.”
- “On 1 May 2024 the Group entered into a loan agreement with Aquashape Limited (Aquashape), 100% wholly owned by Simon Phillips. Under the terms of the agreement Aquashape provided to the Group an unsecured loan of $500,000, repayable within 12 months at an interest rate of 12.4% per annum.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBS, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | — | — |
| BENCH, Raymond John | Director | 2021-12-23 | Apr 1973 | British |
| DAVIES, Geraint Charles Boyens | Director | 2023-09-18 | Aug 1956 | British |
| MCGRATH, Gary Christopher | Director | 2026-02-16 | Dec 1967 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Simon Brian | Director | 2021-09-15 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Anne-Marie | Secretary | 2022-09-15 | 2023-02-01 |
| FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-11-24 | 2022-09-15 |
| MSP CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-02-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| BROWN, Anna | Director | 2023-04-28 | 2024-10-31 |
| ECSERY, Francesca Eva | Director | 2021-12-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| JAMES, Tracey | Director | 2021-12-23 | 2023-07-13 |
| MCKENZIE, Scott | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2023-07-13 |
| MOHAMMED, Salman | Director | 2024-10-17 | 2026-01-28 |
| TIMBERLAKE, Nicholas Richard William | Director | 2023-07-13 | 2025-12-31 |
| WILKINSON, David Paul, Mr | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2023-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Brian Phillips | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Paul Wilkinson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-28 | Ceased 2017-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+11.1%
£79,836,916 £88,732,394
-
Cash
-58.3%
£6,982,950 £2,911,787
-
Net assets
-28.1%
£31,527,057 £22,662,713
-
Employees
+1%
5,640 5,699
-
Operating profit
+74.5%
£4,077,094 £7,116,383
-
Profit before tax
+105.4%
£2,742,772 £5,633,803
-
Wages
+7.7%
£19,607,116 £21,111,193
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