SWIFT GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£7.1M
-7.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£49M
-18.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
925
-24.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£13M
-208.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of SWIFT GROUP LIMITED's latest filing
Demand cools for UK caravan and motorhome maker Swift Group as turnover drops and losses widen. 🚐📉
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 | £321,745,000 | £300,935,000 | £238,187,000 | -20.9% | |
| Operating profit | £14,789,000 | -£427,000 | -£9,365,000 | -2,093.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,180,000 | -£4,084,000 | -£12,586,000 | -208.2% | |
| Net profit | £11,289,000 | -£1,613,000 | -£11,097,000 | -588% | |
| Cash | £12,491,000 | £7,744,000 | £7,136,000 | -7.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £65,238,000 | £64,506,000 | £50,628,000 | -21.5% | |
| Net assets | £61,254,000 | £59,643,000 | £48,544,000 | -18.6% | |
| Equity | £61,254,000 | £59,641,000 | £48,544,000 | -18.6% | |
| Average employees | 1,293 | 1,225 | 925 | -24.5% | |
| Wages | £42,086,000 | £40,525,000 | £34,951,000 | -13.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £523,000 | £324,000 | £239,000 | -26.2% |
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 | 4.6% | -0.1% | -3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | -0.5% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | -0.7% | -18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 56.7% | 61.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.52x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.72x | -8.79x |
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
- SWIFT GROUP LIMITED 1991-08-31 → present
- SWIFT CARAVANS LIMITED 1965-01-01 → 1991-08-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In light of the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Peter Mutlow | Director | 2025-07-18 | Sep 1949 | British |
| SPACEY, Andrew | Director | 2012-07-18 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTLEY, Gordon | Secretary | 2012-07-18 | 2015-08-04 |
| BRAYSHAW, Keith | Secretary | 2015-09-08 | 2016-06-23 |
| BRAYSHAW, Keith | Secretary | — | 2012-07-18 |
| SMEATON, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2016-06-23 | 2020-08-18 |
| WRIGHT, Benjamin | Secretary | 2023-08-31 | 2025-08-08 |
| ANWYLL, Joseph | Director | 1999-10-26 | 2005-12-14 |
| ARCHER, Amy Charlotte | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2025-07-14 |
| ARTLEY, Gordon | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2015-08-04 |
| BRAYSHAW, Keith | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2012-07-18 |
| BUCKLEY, James Peter | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2011-06-17 |
| CRAY, Martyn | Director | 2015-12-07 | 2017-01-24 |
| DODD, Ian James | Director | 1993-11-25 | 1995-03-01 |
| EDWARDS, David Peter | Director | 2006-03-09 | 2011-03-10 |
| GURLING, Geoffrey | Director | 1993-11-25 | 1998-09-23 |
| HAILEY, John Anthony | Director | — | 2004-02-10 |
| KEMP, George William | Director | 1998-09-25 | 2002-02-21 |
| MILBURN, Christopher | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2025-02-05 |
| PAGE, Nicholas John | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2022-09-30 |
| RAPER, Graham | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2021-09-30 |
| SHIPP, Ronald Malcolm | Director | — | 1993-11-24 |
| SMEATON, Richard Paul | Director | 2016-06-23 | 2020-08-18 |
| SMITH, Joan | Director | — | 2004-02-10 |
| SMITH, Peter Mutlow | Director | — | 2012-07-18 |
| TROSSELL, Steven Paul | Director | 1994-10-05 | 1996-08-18 |
| TURNER, James Stewart | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2024-10-01 |
| WILKINSON, Timothy Peter | Director | — | 2004-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.