BOWKER PRESTON LIMITED
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Cash
£29k
+2,800% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.1m
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
151
-7.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£394k
-264.2% 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 | £80,978,000 | £88,739,000 | £96,274,000 | +8.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,857,000 | £1,056,000 | £367,000 | -65.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,211,000 | £240,000 | -£394,000 | -264.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,018,000 | £221,000 | -£522,000 | -336.2% | |
| Cash | £147,000 | £1,000 | £29,000 | +2,800% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,901,000 | £17,298,000 | £16,180,000 | -6.5% | |
| Net assets | £8,450,000 | £8,602,000 | £8,080,000 | -6.1% | |
| Equity | £8,450,000 | £8,602,000 | £8,080,000 | -6.1% | |
| Average employees | 158 | 164 | 151 | -7.9% | |
| Wages | £5,074,000 | £5,872,000 | £5,488,000 | -6.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £438,000 | £494,000 | £456,000 | -7.7% |
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 | 2.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.2% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.5% | 6.1% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.24x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 2.56x | 1.07x | 0.26x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- BOWKER PRESTON LIMITED 2006-05-04 → present
- KINDERS ASHTON GARAGE LIMITED 1982-12-23 → 2006-05-04
- KINDERS SERVICE STATION LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1982-12-23
- W.N.WILSON & SON LIMITED 1964-05-13 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 30 November 2025, following a strategic review by the Board, the Company ceased trading as a BMW Motorrad Centre.”
- “In the first quarter of 2026, the site was successfully relaunched as a motor dealership, operating under the Chery, Changan and Bowker Select brands.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | — | — |
| BOWKER, Anthony Paul | Director | 1996-12-13 | Apr 1968 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | 1996-12-13 | Apr 1965 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | 1996-12-13 | May 1960 | British |
| ECCLES, Christopher James Kojak | Director | 2025-12-17 | Mar 1975 | British |
| GEE, Andrew John | Director | 2019-02-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| GORNALL, Benjamin John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
| ROGAN, Jonathan | Director | 2022-01-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALSALL, Richard Charles Wright | Secretary | 1997-03-25 | 2005-07-17 |
| THOMASON, Darren | Secretary | 2005-07-17 | 2018-11-30 |
| TURNER, Michael Clifton | Secretary | — | 1997-02-28 |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | — | 2017-09-18 |
| FOX, Thomas Bernard | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2022-01-01 |
| HALSALL, Richard Charles Wright | Director | — | 2005-07-17 |
| HEPPENSTALL, David | Director | — | 2000-06-02 |
| THOMASON, Darren | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2018-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W H Bowker Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.