MANHEIM LIMITED
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Cash
£861k
-12.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+183.8% vs 2024
Employees
909
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£25m
-15.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £137,227,000 | £123,504,000 | £131,638,000 | +6.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£25,805,000 | -£22,879,000 | -£2,065,000 | +91% | |
| Profit before tax | -£24,243,000 | -£21,659,000 | -£25,069,000 | -15.7% | |
| Net profit | -£24,311,000 | -£21,989,000 | -£22,926,000 | -4.3% | |
| Cash | £8,893,000 | £982,000 | £861,000 | -12.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,718,000 | £16,509,000 | £29,460,000 | +78.4% | |
| Net assets | £26,443,000 | £4,454,000 | £12,642,000 | +183.8% | |
| Equity | £26,443,000 | £4,454,000 | £12,642,000 | +183.8% | |
| Average employees | 865 | 924 | 909 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £43,834,000 | £46,542,000 | £45,496,000 | -2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,576,000 | £1,385,000 | £1,545,000 | +11.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £18,000 | £17,000 | £33,000 | +94.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,283,000 | £1,280,000 | £1,284,000 | +0.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.8% | -18.5% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | -17.7% | -17.8% | -17.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -81.4% | -138.6% | -7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.6% | 97.4% | 93.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45x | 0.56x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | -4.56x | -2.95x | -0.28x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- MANHEIM LIMITED 2016-09-26 → present
- MANHEIM AUCTIONS LIMITED 2001-07-31 → 2016-09-26
- CENTRAL MOTOR AUCTIONS PLC 1988-04-06 → 2001-07-31
- CENTRAL AUCTION MART LIMITED 1987-01-02 → 1988-04-06
- CENTRAL MOTOR AUCTIONS LIMITED 1986-12-05 → 1987-01-02
- CENTRAL AUCTION MART LIMITED 1948-01-29 → 1986-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider MGMUK maintains sufficient available cash balances and committed facilities to meet its financial obligations and to provide support as required to the Company in meeting its financial liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of signing”
Significant events
- “During the year the Company exited the car buying space almost entirely as per the strategic plan.”
- “During the year, intercompany loan debtors from fellow subsidiaries Cox Automotive Mobility Solutions Limited, Modix GmbH, Cox Automotive Europe Limited, Money4YourMotors Limited and WeWantAnyCar Limited were impaired resulting in a £16.6m charge.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-02-24 | — | — |
| FORBES, Martin Leigh | Director | 2018-04-23 | Mar 1976 | British |
| SHEIKH, Furrukh Mehmood, Mr | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVILA JR, Luis Angel | Secretary | 2023-01-30 | 2024-01-31 |
| BUXTON, Michael | Secretary | 1999-08-01 | 2005-02-24 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Peter | Secretary | — | 1996-11-07 |
| WILSON, Arthur Richard | Secretary | 1996-11-08 | 1999-08-01 |
| AGATE, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1995-05-17 |
| BAILEY, John Ernest | Director | 1996-07-02 | 2018-06-14 |
| BATCHELOR, Peter Readwin Michael | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-07-02 |
| BOWSER, Mark Francis | Director | 2020-02-14 | 2021-03-29 |
| BUXTON, Michael | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2020-02-14 |
| CARSON, Ryan Reece | Director | 2021-03-29 | 2024-07-01 |
| CARTER, Brian Arthur | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| CRISP, Russell Alan | Director | 1998-05-22 | 2010-08-18 |
| EVANS, Robert David | Director | 1998-11-03 | 1999-08-04 |
| GAMLEN, Anita Denise | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2016-12-06 |
| GAMLEN, Anita Denise | Director | 2010-10-25 | 2010-10-27 |
| INCH, George Alexander | Director | 1993-11-30 | 1995-09-05 |
| KENDALL, Stephen Michael | Director | — | 1994-01-17 |
| KERR, James Thompson | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1996-08-30 |
| LINIADO, Ralph Martin | Director | 1996-07-02 | 2008-02-04 |
| MORNIN, Darren Paul | Director | 2018-04-23 | 2023-06-28 |
| MYERS, Eric | Director | — | 1993-12-04 |
| MYERS, Nigel | Director | 1994-01-17 | 1998-05-13 |
| PILKINGTON, Michael Thomas Ankers | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1998-05-01 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Peter | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1996-11-07 |
| WILSON, Arthur Richard | Director | — | 1996-07-02 |
| WOOD, Peter Scott | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Automotive Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 237 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.