SINCLAIR GARAGES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
-27.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6m
-19.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
272
+7.9% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£773k
-61.8% lowest in 6 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of SINCLAIR GARAGES LIMITED's latest filing
Sinclair Garages sold £248m of cars last year, but minimum wage and National Insurance hikes took a heavy toll on the bottom line. 🚗📉
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £159,739,590 | £191,459,140 | £192,648,839 | £217,561,694 | £238,794,371 | £248,409,509 | +4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,744,890 | £5,711,796 | £5,169,945 | £4,393,230 | £3,303,630 | £2,203,339 | -33.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,161,608 | £5,248,925 | £4,638,103 | £3,311,353 | £2,021,358 | £772,910 | -61.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,088,283 | £4,259,420 | £3,716,289 | £3,165,428 | £1,671,118 | £566,496 | -66.1% | |
| Cash | £3,312,807 | £4,255,296 | £2,107,026 | £1,249,554 | £2,661,154 | £1,936,736 | -27.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,476,654 | £9,743,221 | £10,072,938 | £9,696,557 | £7,803,687 | £6,365,315 | -18.4% | |
| Net assets | £8,354,590 | £9,614,010 | £9,830,299 | £9,395,727 | £7,466,845 | £6,033,341 | -19.2% | |
| Equity | £8,354,590 | £9,614,010 | £9,830,299 | £9,395,727 | £7,466,845 | £6,033,341 | -19.2% | |
| Average employees | 237 | 250 | 256 | 261 | 252 | 272 | +7.9% | |
| Wages | £8,561,205 | £8,509,655 | £8,848,513 | £9,606,792 | £10,223,182 | £10,998,014 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.6% | 58.6% | 51.3% | 45.3% | 42.3% | 34.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 86.9% | 91.0% | 94.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.13x | 1.08x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 2.99x | 12.34x | 9.72x | 4.06x | 2.58x | 1.54x |
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
- SINCLAIR GARAGES LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- SMIKE LIMITED 1977-12-07 → 1978-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “The company has guaranteed monies due to VWFS (UK) Limited by Sinclair Garages (Bridgend) Limited, Sinclair Garages (Cardiff) Limited and Sinclair Garages (Port Talbot) Limited in respect of new vehicles on consignment which at 31 December 2025 amounted to £10,000,093 (2024: £4,473,816).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Eleanora Kay | Secretary | — | — | British |
| SINCLAIR, Andrew James | Director | 2014-07-09 | Aug 1972 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Gerald Stanley | Director | — | Jan 1939 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2006-02-25 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTTS, Arthur Gwilym | Director | 2002-02-05 | 2016-12-16 |
| SINCLAIR, Elsie May | Director | — | 2002-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinclair Garage (Port Talbot) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-01-28 | Active |
| Mr Jeremy Phillips | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mrs Leanne Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Jonathan Mark Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Edward Ellis | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Andrew James Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Jonathan Gwilym Seaward | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mrs Judith Sadler | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Julian Harrington | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
| Mr Gerald Stanley Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.