BROTHERWOOD AUTOMOBILITY LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
-33.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
+3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
62
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£785k
-50.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,119,469 | £10,532,075 | £12,672,294 | £12,294,045 | -3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,448,858 | £687,415 | -52.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £805,403 | £1,231,159 | £1,578,247 | £785,316 | -50.2% | |
| Net profit | £792,801 | £1,185,159 | £1,300,535 | £735,898 | -43.4% | |
| Cash | £3,525,860 | £3,934,690 | £4,323,850 | £2,858,872 | -33.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,825,490 | £6,378,478 | £7,401,030 | £7,408,938 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,713,263 | £5,468,422 | £6,946,645 | £7,157,543 | +3% | |
| Equity | £4,713,263 | £5,468,422 | £6,946,645 | £7,157,543 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,666,648 | £1,761,820 | £2,054,592 | £2,218,819 | +8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £227,518 | £231,272 | £284,731 | £317,017 | +11.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £56,784 | £57,583 | +1.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £136,643 | £148,031 | +8.3% |
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 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 11.4% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 11.3% | 10.3% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 19.6% | 9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.8% | 39.9% | 31.3% | 28.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.98x | 2.96x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 25.15x | 19.76x |
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
- BROTHERWOOD AUTOMOBILITY LIMITED 1988-04-05 → present
- STATION GARAGE (YETMINSTER) LIMITED 1978-01-25 → 1988-04-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate in preparing these financial statements. In making their assessment the directors have forecast figures out to March 2027 and considered, in particular, the known and reasonably foreseeable impacts”
Group structure
- BROTHERWOOD AUTOMOBILITY LIMITED · parent
- ABC (Auto Brotherwood Conversions) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A'COURT, Leanne | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | — | — |
| BROTHERWOOD, Rodney John | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| DANIEL, John Paul | Director | 2018-03-29 | Feb 1971 | English |
| WORTHINGTON, Dale Anthony | Director | 2018-03-29 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROTHERWOOD, Jacqueline | Secretary | — | 2018-03-29 |
| SAYWELL, Lindsay Stephen | Secretary | 2021-02-09 | 2021-06-22 |
| ARNOLD, Charles William Geoffrey | Director | 2004-10-12 | 2017-04-05 |
| BROTHERWOOD, Jacqueline | Director | — | 2018-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brotherwood Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-29 | Active |
| Mr Rodney John Brotherwood | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-23 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-01 | 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
- 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.