M C GROUP LIMITED — The Accounts

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Cash

£21m

+95% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£65m

+12.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

335

+1.8% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£9.4m

+13.8% vs 2024

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

M C GROUP LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=13409

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£145,917,634	£143,629,599	£146,560,311	+2%
Operating profit	£13,163,229	£11,681,974	£14,009,519	+19.9%
Profit before tax	£10,154,886	£8,258,653	£9,400,426	+13.8%
Net profit	£7,865,835	£6,099,533	£6,766,497	+10.9%
Cash	£12,777,840	£10,780,840	£21,018,295	+95%
Total assets less current liabilities	£101,490,810	£113,724,893	£140,489,484	+23.5%
Net assets	£54,909,559	£58,009,092	£65,090,589	+12.2%
Equity	£54,909,559	£58,009,092	£65,090,589	+12.2%
Average employees	316	329	335	+1.8%
Wages	£16,278,085	£16,752,221	£17,937,982	+7.1%
Directors' remuneration	£1,068,677	£854,065	£968,686	+13.4%

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	9.0%	8.1%	9.6%
Net margin	5.4%	4.2%	4.6%
Return on capital employed	13.0%	10.3%	10.0%
Current ratio	0.90x	0.90x	0.96x
Interest cover	3.91x	3.07x	2.83x

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

M C GROUP LIMITED 1990-11-16 → present
J.T.S. HIRE LIMITED 1986-07-09 → 1990-11-16

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: S&W Audit
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors therefore have the reasonable expectation that the Company and Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

M C GROUP LIMITED · parent
1. MC Truck and Bus Limited 100% · England and Wales · sale of commercial vehicles; servicing and repair of commercial vehicles; sale of spare parts; and the long term contract hire of commercial vehicles.
2. MC Rental Limited 100% · England and Wales · sale of commercial vehicles; servicing and repair of commercial vehicles; sale of spare parts; and the long term contract hire of commercial vehicles.

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BOOTH, Peter David	Secretary	1998-07-20	—	British
BOOTH, Peter David	Director	1999-04-08	Jul 1963	British
DAWSON, Simon James	Director	—	Jan 1971	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DAWSON, Simon James	Secretary	1998-06-02	1998-07-20
GILES, Peter	Secretary	—	1998-06-03
DAWSON, Anthony Edward	Director	—	2009-11-27
DAWSON, Perry Margaret	Director	—	2009-11-27
HARMAN, John William	Director	2006-02-23	2010-12-31
HUTCHINS, David Kenneth	Director	2015-01-01	2020-12-01
MARSH, Michael Anthony	Director	1993-12-06	1994-05-06
MOON, Henry Alfred	Director	2006-02-23	2010-12-31
MOON, Henry Alfred	Director	1993-12-06	1998-05-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mcg (Holdings) Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2023-06-08	Active
Mr Simon James Dawson	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2023-06-08

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 163 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-07-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2026-05-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-05-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-06-08	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-06-08	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-05-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-28	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-06-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-05-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-06	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-06-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-05-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-10-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2020-10-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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