VM AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-02-05
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£421K
-65.4% vs 2023
Employees
206
+24.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-145.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-02-05.
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 | £147,645,848 | £181,586,220 | |
| Operating profit | £894,879 | £593,583 | |
| Profit before tax | -£594,222 | -£1,458,545 | |
| Net profit | -£504,619 | -£1,146,462 | |
| Cash | £283,136 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,692,072 | £3,164,859 | |
| Net assets | £1,214,821 | £420,859 | |
| Equity | £1,214,821 | £420,859 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 206 | |
| Wages | £5,146,015 | £6,662,921 |
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 | 0.6% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.2% | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.84x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | 0.60x | 0.29x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Jacksons, Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- VM AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED · parent
- Acorn Group Limited 100%
- Grenson Motor Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “No significant events to report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Michael Patrick | Director | 2019-01-22 | Mar 1966 | British |
| MILLS, Stephen John | Director | 2018-01-23 | Jan 1970 | British |
| PLATT, James William | Director | 2019-05-16 | Dec 1978 | British |
| STYLES, Michael Andrew Kent | Director | 2019-01-22 | Aug 1959 | British |
| VICKERS, David York | Director | 2018-01-23 | Jan 1965 | British |
| VICKERS, Richard Thomas | Director | 2019-01-22 | Oct 1969 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David York Vickers | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-23 | Ceased 2019-01-22 |
| Mr Stephen John Mills | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-23 | Ceased 2019-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-02-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-02-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2019-02-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-02-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+23%
£147,645,848 £181,586,220
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-65.4%
£1,214,821 £420,859
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Employees
+24.8%
165 206
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Operating profit
-33.7%
£894,879 £593,583
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Profit before tax
-145.5%
-£594,222 -£1,458,545
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Wages
+29.5%
£5,146,015 £6,662,921
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