CARWOOD MOTOR UNITS LIMITED
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Cash
£29M
+18.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£30M
+30.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
299
-0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9.3M
-25.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,843,171 | £73,401,298 | £65,624,729 | -10.6% | |
| Operating profit | £8,006,927 | £11,623,095 | £8,122,535 | -30.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,132,899 | £12,447,030 | £9,319,672 | -25.1% | |
| Net profit | £6,582,757 | £9,433,647 | £7,084,557 | -24.9% | |
| Cash | £15,264,784 | £24,260,898 | £28,833,861 | +18.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,237,977 | £23,672,624 | £30,770,181 | +30% | |
| Net assets | £13,955,977 | £23,389,624 | £30,474,181 | +30.3% | |
| Equity | £13,955,977 | £23,389,624 | £30,474,181 | +30.3% | |
| Average employees | 267 | 301 | 299 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | £8,649,298 | £10,307,689 | £10,272,807 | -0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £822,046 | £905,763 | £753,910 | -16.8% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 15.8% | 12.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 12.9% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 56.2% | 49.1% | 26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.3% | 53.8% | 45.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.82x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 72.75x | — | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CARWOOD MOTOR UNITS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- GORDON MARCH LIMITED 1949-06-14 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dafferns Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CARWOOD MOTOR UNITS LIMITED · parent
- Carwood BDS Limited 77.5%
- Carwood Diesel Systems Limited 100%
- Reman (UK) Limited 100%
- Diesel Injection (UK) Limited 100%
- Carwood Defence Limited 100%
- Brise Ltd 100%
- Carwood Van Kappel Limited 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POND, Nigel Walter | Secretary | 2012-03-20 | — | — |
| BAIRD, Alan Campbell | Director | 2017-10-03 | Dec 1957 | British |
| CARTER, Gary Ronald | Director | — | May 1945 | British |
| HOPKINS, David Nigel | Director | 2005-02-07 | Nov 1959 | British |
| MCKEOWN, Glenn Adam | Director | 2026-03-23 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MULHOLLAND, Kevin Patrick | Director | — | Jul 1956 | British |
| POND, Nigel Walter | Director | 2012-03-20 | Feb 1971 | British |
| QUANTRELL, Simon John | Director | 2020-01-13 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Peter John | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 2012-03-20 |
| WEST, Reginald Lawrence | Secretary | — | 1993-09-01 |
| BOARDMAN, Peter John | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| GRAHAM, Andrew James | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2015-09-08 |
| HAYNES, Simon | Director | 1994-07-27 | 1998-11-05 |
| NEILL, Ian Harold | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| SMITH, Barry Michael | Director | 1995-02-01 | 2000-04-14 |
| WEDGEWOOD, David Robert | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carwood Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.