PENTLAND MOTOR COMPANY 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
£2M
-64.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
+10.5% vs 2023
Employees
253
-0.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
-39.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PENTLAND MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 1998-02-09 → present
- HUNTER (EDINBURGH) LIMITED 1997-11-07 → 1998-02-09
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 | £263,798,706 | £277,062,477 | |
| Operating profit | £11,414,094 | £7,714,670 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,974,967 | £5,997,935 | |
| Net profit | £7,616,089 | £4,488,893 | |
| Cash | £4,631,264 | £1,650,719 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,338,544 | £36,834,262 | |
| Net assets | £33,163,879 | £36,652,772 | |
| Equity | £33,163,879 | £36,652,772 | |
| Average employees | 254 | 253 | |
| Wages | £11,427,815 | £10,893,476 |
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 | 4.3% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.2% | 20.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 7.93x | 4.49x |
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 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 · 4 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 | 1997-11-07 | Jul 1947 | British |
| INMAN, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2016-10-27 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Deirdre Victoria Anne | Secretary | 1997-11-07 | 2016-06-28 |
| CLARK, Deidre Victoria Anne | Director | 1997-11-07 | 2017-05-21 |
| HERON, Christopher Bayford | Director | 1997-11-07 | 2007-03-31 |
| MILLER, Stuart Empleton | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2016-10-27 |
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 100 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 | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 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 | |
| 2021-03-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 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 | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
+5%
£263,798,706 £277,062,477
-
Cash
-64.4%
£4,631,264 £1,650,719
-
Net assets
+10.5%
£33,163,879 £36,652,772
-
Employees
-0.4%
254 253
-
Operating profit
-32.4%
£11,414,094 £7,714,670
-
Profit before tax
-39.9%
£9,974,967 £5,997,935
-
Wages
-4.7%
£11,427,815 £10,893,476
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