COLT CAR COMPANY LIMITED (THE)
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Cash
£1.3M
-86% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.5M
-67.7% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£355K
-522.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Directors have no plan to resume business activity and intend to liquidate the company when the full buy out of the pension fund is completed in the future. The annual report and financial statements have been produced on a basis other than that of a going concern taking this into consideration.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£713,000 | -£739,000 | -3.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£57,000 | -£355,000 | -522.8% | |
| Net profit | -£17,000 | -£259,000 | -1,423.5% | |
| Cash | £9,606,000 | £1,346,000 | -86% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,310,000 | £4,707,000 | -67.1% | |
| Net assets | £13,924,000 | £4,498,000 | -67.7% | |
| Equity | £13,924,000 | £4,498,000 | -67.7% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -5.0% | -15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 3.3% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 36.47x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Directors have no plan to resume business activity and intend to liquidate the company when the full buy out of the pension fund is completed in the future. The annual report and financial statements have been produced on a basis other than that of a going concern taking this into consideration.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the period end, on 29 September 2025, the deed of amendment enabling the wind-up was executed. The Directors are expecting to complete full buy out and winding up the trustee by April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 89 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATORI, Tetsuya, Mr. | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jul 1976 | Japanese |
| NAKAMURA, Kensuke, Mr. | Director | 2025-10-23 | May 1981 | Japanese |
Show 89 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Stephen Charles | Secretary | 1996-08-31 | 1996-12-19 |
| EDMUNDS, Robin David | Secretary | 2000-12-21 | 2017-12-31 |
| PERKINS, Michael Alan | Secretary | — | 1996-08-31 |
| ROBINSON, Deirdre Maura | Secretary | 1996-12-19 | 2000-12-21 |
| STEPHENSON, Carolyn Tracey | Secretary | 2017-03-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| AIBA, Tetsuya | Director | 2011-05-10 | 2013-04-22 |
| ASAOKA, Minoru | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2003-03-31 |
| BEAUMONT, Peter George | Director | — | 1995-06-02 |
| BLACKBURN, David Cyril | Director | — | 2008-10-03 |
| BLACKBURN, Stephen John | Director | 2000-12-21 | 2008-10-03 |
| BRADLEY, Lance Robert | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2018-04-16 |
| DIXON, Stephen Charles | Director | 1995-03-30 | 1999-03-31 |
| EGAMI, Hiroyuki | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| EGUCHI, Nobuo | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| GOTO, Masanori, Mr. | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| HARUNARI, Hiroshi | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-07-01 |
| HASUO, Ryuichi | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2010-06-21 |
| HAYASHI, Haruki, Mr. | Director | 2013-04-22 | 2018-04-01 |
| HIRST, Frank Cawood | Director | 1995-06-03 | 2008-10-03 |
| HORI, Yoshikazu | Director | 1993-07-09 | 1995-02-01 |
| HOSONO, Takaaki | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-01 |
| HOSONO, Yoshiatsu | Director | — | 1994-08-01 |
| ICHIKI, Masami | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| ICHIKI, Masami | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-02-01 |
| ISHIDA, Yoshito | Director | 2020-10-29 | 2021-08-09 |
| ISHIKAWA, Zenta | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2010-11-12 |
| ITO, Kazuo | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-05-10 |
| ITO, Taichi | Director | 2006-04-18 | 2008-07-02 |
| IWAI, Satoshi | Director | 2013-04-22 | 2015-04-01 |
| IWATA, Junichi | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2017-03-16 |
| KANO, Isao | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| KATAYAMA, Yoshinori | Director | 2020-06-18 | 2022-03-31 |
| KAWAKAMI, Kazuyoshi | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| KIMURA, Keisuke | Director | 2018-05-07 | 2020-07-25 |
| KIMURA, Maki, Ms. | Director | 2022-03-31 | 2023-04-01 |
| KOCHI, Masao | Director | 2013-04-22 | 2018-04-01 |
| KOJIMA, Yasushi | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| KONDO, Mizuki | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2012-06-22 |
| KUBOTA, Kenichi | Director | 1997-03-01 | 1998-07-01 |
| KUBOTA, Kenta | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| KURIHARA, Hiroo | Director | 2009-01-30 | 2013-04-22 |
| KURIHARA, Hiroo | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2000-08-01 |
| KURODA, Mizuki | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2019-07-24 |
| KUROKI, Naoyasu | Director | — | 1993-07-09 |
| KUROSAWA, Akihiro, Mr. | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| KUWAYAMA, Fumio | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2004-12-31 |
| LANG, Michael John | Director | — | 2008-10-03 |
| LINDLEY, Robert Norris | Director | 2018-04-16 | 2021-09-30 |
| MACHIMURA, Hajime | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| MATSUMOTO, Tsuyoshi | Director | 2013-04-22 | 2015-04-01 |
| MATSUO, Kenji | Director | 1994-06-15 | 1999-03-01 |
| MITSUHASHI, Jun | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| MIYAJI, Masaki | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-12-21 |
| MIYAMOTO, Yoichiro | Director | 2008-07-02 | 2013-04-22 |
| MORRIS-MARSHAM, Jack Richard | Director | — | 1995-03-30 |
| MURAHASHI, Nobuyuki | Director | 2000-07-27 | 2004-06-30 |
| MURPHY, Denis Joseph | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2000-12-21 |
| NAGASAWA, Hiroyuki | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| NAKAHARA, Hideto | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2006-04-18 |
| NAKAMURA, Kunihiko | Director | 1995-02-01 | 1997-04-01 |
| NAKAMURA, Naoya | Director | 2011-11-05 | 2013-05-01 |
| NEMICHI, Hiroshi | Director | 2000-12-21 | 2001-06-30 |
| NIWA, Hiroko | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-08-01 |
| OTA, Taiji | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2020-11-09 |
| POPE, Raymond James | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| SAKATA, Ryo | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2001-04-26 |
| SANO, Yutaka | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1997-03-01 |
| SHIWA, Yosuke | Director | 2019-07-24 | 2021-11-29 |
| SHO, Kazuhiko | Director | 2009-02-26 | 2017-03-31 |
| SUDO, Toshifumi | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| SUDO, Toshifumi | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2000-07-27 |
| SUZUKI, Takeshi | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2014-09-24 |
| TAKAHASHI, Masaki | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| TAKAHASHI, Shoichiro | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| TAKAI, Naoya | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| TAKAKUWA, Haruyuki | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1999-07-01 |
| TAMAKI, Kosei | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2018-05-07 |
| TANAKA, Koichi | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| TANAKA, Nobukazu | Director | 2020-05-21 | 2022-02-01 |
| TANNO, Choei, Mr. | Director | 2020-11-09 | 2022-03-31 |
| TERADA, Tetsuro | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2013-04-22 |
| TSUCHIDA, Tetsuhiro | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2016-01-04 |
| TSUJI, Noboru | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-04-26 |
| TYRRELL, James | Director | 2000-05-25 | 2009-03-31 |
| WAKATSUKI, Toshiya, Mr. | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2025-10-23 |
| YATABE, Yoichiro | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2009-01-30 |
| YOSHIKAWA, Tomoo | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2011-11-05 |
| YOSHINARI, Hiroyuki | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-04-01 |
| YOSHINARI, Hiroyuki | Director | — | 1994-06-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 349 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-02-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.