FORD & SLATER LIMITED
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Cash
-£4.2m
-161.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£31m
+15% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
867
+0.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.4m
+106.1% highest 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £199,025,000 | £323,238,250 | £364,584,874 | £367,390,882 | +0.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,916,000 | £3,587,282 | £4,772,728 | £6,659,977 | +39.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,052,000 | £1,207,110 | £2,637,075 | £5,434,779 | +106.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,209,000 | £1,237,291 | £1,750,396 | £3,763,103 | +115% | |
| Cash | £6,527,000 | £1,951,828 | £6,845,377 | -£4,214,059 | -161.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,502,000 | £54,798,939 | £43,578,147 | £42,293,336 | -2.9% | |
| Net assets | £22,724,000 | £24,062,066 | £26,980,212 | £31,018,565 | +15% | |
| Equity | £22,724,000 | £24,062,066 | £26,980,212 | £31,018,565 | +15% | |
| Average employees | 629 | 795 | 861 | 867 | +0.7% | |
| Wages | £21,827,000 | £28,682,934 | £30,530,551 | £33,100,683 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £778,000 | £1,165,506 | £1,267,785 | £1,293,671 | +2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £69,643 | £74,271 | £80,455 | +8.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £225,519 | £257,078 | £188,728 | -26.6% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.8% | 6.5% | 11.0% | 15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.4% | 88.9% | 85.5% | 82.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.95x | 0.95x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 4.03x | 1.31x | 1.82x | 3.47x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- FORD & SLATER LIMITED 2000-01-26 → present
- FORD & SLATER (LEYLAND DAF) LTD 2000-01-25 → 2000-01-26
- FORD & SLATER (LEYLAND DAF) LTD 1991-03-01 → 2000-01-25
- PENTAL FOUNTAINS LIMITED 1990-04-23 → 1991-03-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- FORD & SLATER LIMITED · parent
- Ford & Slater (Leyland DAF) Trust Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 5 February 2026, the Company committed to a significant refurbishment of the Leeds site at a budgeted cost in the order of approximately £1,800,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STREVENS, Nigel Jeremy | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | — | British |
| HULLEY, Paul Anthony | Director | 2025-04-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
| HUTT, Christopher James | Director | 2012-03-12 | Aug 1951 | British |
| PATEL, Haroon Yakub | Director | 2017-01-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
| ROEBUCK, Anthony John | Director | 2022-10-03 | Apr 1979 | English |
| SPURWAY, Keith Robin | Director | 2017-01-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| STREVENS, Nigel Jeremy | Director | 2004-09-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| STREVENS, Timothy Maxwell | Director | 1994-03-11 | Jun 1974 | British |
| TEASDALE, Huw | Director | 2022-09-26 | Dec 1960 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLDHAM, Pauline Annie | Secretary | — | 2004-09-30 |
| STREVENS, Peter Alan Dawson | Secretary | — | 1992-06-08 |
| CLAYTON, Phillip John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| FOWELL, James Lewis | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2008-01-31 |
| HUNT, David Roger Edward | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| MANSER, Richard | Director | 1996-09-01 | 1997-08-21 |
| PROSSER, William John | Director | 1999-12-23 | 2017-03-31 |
| ROBERTSON SMITH, Hugh Charles | Director | — | 1994-03-09 |
| STREVENS, Janet Hyde | Director | — | 2020-01-09 |
| STREVENS, Peter Alan Dawson | Director | — | 2020-01-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strevens Vehicles Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.