JOHN CLARK (ABERDEEN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-44.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+7.6% vs 2023
Employees
169
+2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-21.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOHN CLARK (ABERDEEN) LIMITED 1988-06-14 → present
- JOHN CLARK (SPECIALIST CARS) LIMITED 1977-10-24 → 1988-06-14
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 | £173,263,672 | £169,209,866 | |
| Operating profit | £3,827,539 | £3,765,347 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,953,031 | £2,331,389 | |
| Net profit | £2,257,601 | £1,737,063 | |
| Cash | £5,105,160 | £2,849,654 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,176,677 | £14,128,867 | |
| Net assets | £12,940,160 | £13,927,223 | |
| Equity | £12,940,160 | £13,927,223 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 169 | |
| Wages | £7,297,543 | £7,634,779 |
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 | 2.2% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.0% | 26.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 4.38x | 2.63x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this undertaking the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The MINI dealer network moved to a new vehicle sales Agency model in March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCINTOSH, Alan | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | — | — |
| CLARK, Christopher Jon | Director | 2013-01-01 | May 1976 | British |
| CLARK, John Hunter Somerville | Director | — | Jul 1947 | British |
| EDWARDS, Al | Director | 2021-02-17 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Deirdre Victoria Anne | Secretary | 1989-02-13 | 2016-06-28 |
| CLARK, Deidre Victoria Anne | Director | 1989-02-13 | 2017-05-21 |
| HENDERSON, Ian | Director | — | 2016-06-28 |
| HILL, John Mcgill Martin | Director | 2016-10-27 | 2019-03-08 |
| RETTIE, John Ogsten | Director | — | 1991-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Jon Clark | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-04-02 | Active |
| John Clark (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-07-23 | Active |
| Mr John Hunter Somerville Clark | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-01 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2020-05-01 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2020-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-01-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-2.3%
£173,263,672 £169,209,866
-
Cash
-44.2%
£5,105,160 £2,849,654
-
Net assets
+7.6%
£12,940,160 £13,927,223
-
Employees
+2.4%
165 169
-
Operating profit
-1.6%
£3,827,539 £3,765,347
-
Profit before tax
-21.1%
£2,953,031 £2,331,389
-
Wages
+4.6%
£7,297,543 £7,634,779
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