PETER VARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-14
Watchouts
Cash
£42M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£100M
Equity attributable
Employees
616
Average over period
Profit before tax
£18K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PETER VARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2007-06-27 → present
- BOYDSLAW 111 LIMITED 2007-03-23 → 2007-06-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £551,320,000 | £460,770,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,688,000 | -£5,761,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,802,000 | £18,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,930,000 | -£1,292,000 | |
| Cash | £3,651,000 | £41,812,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100,405,000 | £99,930,000 | |
| Net assets | £100,149,000 | £99,659,000 | |
| Equity | £100,149,000 | £99,659,000 | |
| Average employees | 841 | 616 | |
| Wages | £33,595,000 | £30,025,000 |
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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.4% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.7% | -5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.0% | 28.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.85x | |
| Interest cover | -2.47x | -2.99x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- PETER VARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Peter Vardy Limited 100%
- Peter Vardy Porsche Limited 100%
- Peter Vardy Porsche Perth Limited 100%
- Carmoney Limited 75%
- Carmoney Oceania Pty Ltd 75%
- Peter Vardy (Mauritius) Ltd 100%
- Carmoney Dealer Services Limited 75%
Significant events
- “These changes have resulted in a profit for the Group of £18k which comprises a profit of £2.0m for continuing operations and a loss of £2.0m for discontinued operations. During 2025 we made the decision to close our FlexAuto business... As part of this strategy, during 2024 the Group divested a substantial part of its dealership network in two corporate transactions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROWTHER, Jamie Hamilton | Director | 2024-08-19 | Nov 1962 | British |
| GRIER, Alastair | Director | 2022-07-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| MACLEAY, James | Director | 2026-01-26 | Apr 1991 | British |
| VARDY, Margaret Barr, Lady | Director | 2011-11-28 | Apr 1950 | British |
| VARDY, Peter, Sir | Director | 2012-10-01 | Mar 1947 | British |
| VARDY, Peter Daniel David | Director | 2007-07-02 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREGHORN, Gary James | Secretary | 2007-07-02 | 2011-08-18 |
| MAITH, Claire | Secretary | 2011-08-18 | 2018-09-21 |
| REAY, Martin Paul | Secretary | 2018-10-29 | 2019-02-08 |
| BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-03-23 | 2007-07-02 |
| BARBER, Christopher Derek | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2021-08-13 |
| CROWTHER, Jamies Hamilton | Director | 2007-10-02 | 2014-05-05 |
| DREGHORN, Gary James | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2011-12-16 |
| HOUSTON, Michael | Director | 2024-05-20 | 2024-09-20 |
| MAITH, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2021-08-13 | 2024-05-05 |
| MAITH, Claire | Director | 2011-09-30 | 2018-09-21 |
| MCLELLAN, Colin Wilson | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2020-12-16 |
| MURRAY, Gerard Thomas | Director | 2008-01-04 | 2012-05-30 |
| REAY, Martin Paul | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2019-02-08 |
| ROBERTS, Huw | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| VARDY, Peter, Sir | Director | 2011-11-28 | 2012-10-01 |
| BOYDSLAW (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-03-23 | 2007-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Peter Vardy | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-22 |
| Mrs Claire Elizabeth Maith | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-21 |
| Mr Peter Daniel David Vardy | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31