JOHN CLARK (HOLDINGS) 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
£20M
-18.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£120M
+12% vs 2023
Employees
1,385
+2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19M
-16.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOHN CLARK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1986-11-27 → present
- HARNET LIMITED 1986-04-14 → 1986-11-27
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £910,000,000 | £914,000,000 | £1,029,873,139 | £1,065,435,040 | |
| Operating profit | £26,400,000 | £27,900,000 | £27,707,310 | £24,980,202 | |
| Profit before tax | £24,100,000 | £25,300,000 | £22,856,488 | £19,042,170 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £17,386,842 | £14,143,069 | |
| Cash | — | — | £24,650,333 | £20,001,415 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £117,318,343 | £128,568,465 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £107,029,812 | £119,872,881 | |
| Equity | — | — | £107,029,812 | £119,872,881 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 1,355 | 1,385 | |
| Wages | — | — | £56,293,112 | £59,160,698 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.7% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 23.6% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.16x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 5.71x | 4.14x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have updated a multi-faceted 2025 to 2029 Strategic Business Development Plan which includes the going concern period up to 30 September 2026. The Directors believe that sufficient funds are available to allow the company and all subsidiaries to continue to meet its obligations and that it is appropriate to prepare financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JOHN CLARK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- John Clark (Aberdeen) Limited 100%
- Specialist Cars (Aberdeen) Limited 100%
- Pentland Motor Company Limited 100%
- Clark Commercials (Aberdeen) Limited 100%
- Motorchoice (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Morrisons (Land Rover) Limited 100%
- TPS Ecosse Limited 100%
- White Flag Assistance Limited 100%
- Abbotswell Developments Limited 100%
- John Clark (Properties) Limited 100%
- Morrisons Garage Limited 100%
- John Clark (Tayside) Limited 100%
- Electric Car Store Limited 100%
- John Clark Motor Group Limited 100%
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.”
- “The MINI dealer network moved to a new vehicle sales Agency model in April 2025. Two BYD franchises have been added, in Aberdeen and Dundee.”
- “With planning permission delays now resolved, the acquisition of a freehold property in Stirling has been completed to support the relocation of a Land Rover franchise. A further freehold property in Dundee has been acquired to support the expansion of MG and BYD franchises.”
- “The disposal of two excess properties in Perth and Dundee has been completed, where the overall net proceeds were above our December 31st 2024 book value for these sites.”
- “We continue to seek to work with the City of Edinburgh Council to try to resolve the current position as regards the sale of the residential development of our former Land Rover dealership site in Edinburgh.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCINTOSH, Alan | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | — | — |
| CLARK, Christopher Jon | Director | 2010-08-11 | May 1976 | British |
| CLARK, John Hunter Somerville | Director | — | Jul 1947 | British |
| MCINTOSH, Alan | Director | 2013-05-10 | Feb 1965 | British |
| O'HANLON, John Francis | Director | 2016-10-27 | Nov 1969 | British |
| ROGERS, Louise Elizabeth | Director | 2022-03-31 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Deirdre Victoria Anne | Secretary | 1989-02-13 | 2016-06-28 |
| CHESSOR, John Clinton | Director | 1990-03-09 | 2016-08-24 |
| CLARK, Deidre Victoria Anne | Director | — | 2017-05-21 |
| HENDERSON, Ian | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1996-05-31 |
| HERON, Christopher Bayford | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1996-05-31 |
| HOLMES, David Michael | Director | 2024-02-21 | 2026-03-24 |
| HOLMES, David Michael | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2016-06-28 |
| MURRAY, John Kenneth | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| NORTH, Richard Stanley | Director | 2016-06-28 | 2024-02-29 |
| RETTIE, John Ogsten | Director | 1992-09-08 | 1993-08-31 |
| WILEY, William Struan Ferguson | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2013-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Jon Clark | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-12-20 | Active |
| Deidre Victoria Anne Clark | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-28 | Ceased 2018-12-20 |
| Mr John Hunter Somerville Clark | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 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 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
+3.5%
£1,029,873,139 £1,065,435,040
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-18.9%
£24,650,333 £20,001,415
-
Net assets
+12%
£107,029,812 £119,872,881
-
Employees
+2.2%
1,355 1,385
-
Operating profit
-9.8%
£27,707,310 £24,980,202
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-16.7%
£22,856,488 £19,042,170
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+5.1%
£56,293,112 £59,160,698
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