SPECIALIST CARS (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
-60.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£46M
+7.6% vs 2023
Employees
490
+0.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
-21.9% vs 2023
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 | £353,874,056 | £363,194,539 | |
| Operating profit | £9,307,909 | £7,895,347 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,323,445 | £5,718,142 | |
| Net profit | £5,535,672 | £4,245,292 | |
| Cash | £7,480,883 | £2,979,060 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,175,724 | £46,503,024 | |
| Net assets | £42,464,160 | £45,709,452 | |
| Equity | £42,464,160 | £45,709,452 | |
| Average employees | 489 | 490 | |
| Wages | £19,016,268 | £19,660,551 |
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 | 2.6% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.6% | 17.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.1% | 55.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 4.69x | 3.63x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As part of the John Clark (Holdings) Group ('the Group'), the Company has access to financial resources as required, and the Group has confirmed that it will ensure that sufficient funds are available so that the Company can continue to meet its obligations for the going concern period to 30 September 2026. In reaching their conclusions on going concern, the Company's Directors have considered the assessment performed by the Group. After considering the profitability and cash flow forecasts, including significant but plausible downside sensitivities applied to turnover and profitability, the Directors have concluded that the Group has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period, to 30 September 2026. Based on this undertaking the Directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “March 2025 saw the relocation and expansion of our Skoda, Seat, Cupra and Volkswagen Commercials operations in Dundee, to create a Volkswagen Group multi brand centre which we believe may lead the standards for such centres across the rest of the UK. Bar this, the company continues to operate as in 2024 and to again generate positive trading results in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 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 | 1989-02-13 | Jul 1947 | British |
| EDWARDS, Al | Director | 2021-02-17 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 11 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 |
| COCKER, Kenneth | Director | 1998-01-20 | 2003-10-03 |
| HENDERSON, Ian | Director | — | 1991-07-23 |
| HENRY, Gordon | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-12-07 |
| INNES, Henry William | Director | — | 1992-06-12 |
| LANNI, Paul Stephen | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2024-05-01 |
| MCMAHON, Hugh Patrick | Director | 1996-05-31 | 1998-03-31 |
| NORTH, Richard Stanley | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2021-02-17 |
| ROBERTSON, Alan James Mcpherson | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2024-05-01 |
| SHAW, Martin Howard | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2016-06-28 |
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 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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
- 5
- 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
+2.6%
£353,874,056 £363,194,539
-
Cash
-60.2%
£7,480,883 £2,979,060
-
Net assets
+7.6%
£42,464,160 £45,709,452
-
Employees
+0.2%
489 490
-
Operating profit
-15.2%
£9,307,909 £7,895,347
-
Profit before tax
-21.9%
£7,323,445 £5,718,142
-
Wages
+3.4%
£19,016,268 £19,660,551
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