GREVAN CARS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7k
-5.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£11m
+1.3% vs 2023
Employees
235
+7.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£463k
-124.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £133,309,740 | £127,178,455 | -4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,068,601 | -£301,804 | -114.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,875,631 | -£463,333 | -124.7% | |
| Net profit | £645,177 | £142,614 | -77.9% | |
| Cash | £7,124 | £6,732 | -5.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,736,769 | £14,500,279 | +5.6% | |
| Net assets | £10,795,775 | £10,938,389 | +1.3% | |
| Equity | £10,795,775 | £10,938,389 | +1.3% | |
| Average employees | 219 | 235 | +7.3% | |
| Wages | £7,755,569 | £8,191,707 | +5.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £365,225 | £396,331 | +8.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | -2.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 10.72x | -1.87x |
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
- GREVAN CARS LIMITED 1984-11-21 → present
- TEXLINE LIMITED 1984-10-04 → 1984-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The 2024 financial year, 2025 quarter 1 performance and 2025 forecasts resulted in the Company renewing its banking facilities for a further twelve months until March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARE, Christopher | Director | 2026-02-24 | Jan 1979 | British |
| DE VAL, Graham Paul | Director | 2008-02-06 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Michael Emlyn | Secretary | 2004-10-10 | 2021-03-01 |
| EVANS, Michael Emlyn | Secretary | — | 2000-09-08 |
| PHILLIPS, Ian Peter | Secretary | 2021-03-01 | 2025-12-24 |
| SAUNDERS, Paul Bowman | Secretary | 2000-09-08 | 2004-08-24 |
| DOVER, Peter John | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2004-05-19 |
| EVANS, Michael Emlyn | Director | — | 2024-11-06 |
| FERGUSON, Gordon | Director | 1994-10-10 | 2008-07-30 |
| GRUNSELL, Robert William | Director | — | 1998-03-07 |
| JACOB, Claire | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| JONES, Sally | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| PARKER, Garry John | Director | 2026-02-24 | 2026-04-10 |
| PHILLIPS, Ian Peter | Director | 2023-01-26 | 2025-12-24 |
| SAUNDERS, Paul Bowman | Director | 2000-09-08 | 2004-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Paul De Val | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-31 | Active |
| De Van Automotive Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.