AUTOCHAIR LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
+115.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.8m
-7.9% vs 2024
Employees
98
+104.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-62.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,409,271 | £15,899,877 | +10.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,373,537 | £1,658,499 | -62.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,365,284 | £1,636,580 | -62.5% | |
| Net profit | £4,356,004 | £1,570,307 | -64% | |
| Cash | £475,882 | £1,024,674 | +115.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,341,294 | £4,077,821 | -6.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,081,248 | £3,760,799 | -7.9% | |
| Equity | £4,081,248 | £3,760,799 | -7.9% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 98 | +104.2% | |
| Wages | £1,784,359 | £3,662,233 | +105.2% | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.4% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 30.2% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 100.7% | 40.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.6% | 49.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.94x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | 75.66x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the company paid interim dividends on the ordinary shares amounting to £525,210.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDHOUSE, Matthew | Director | 2024-12-17 | Jan 1979 | British |
| HOUSLEY, Claire Anne | Director | 2024-12-31 | Feb 1991 | British |
| WALKER, Matthew James | Director | 2002-09-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Carol Ann, Cllr | Secretary | — | 2017-07-07 |
| ALLEN, Jules Christian | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-11-10 |
| CLEWLOW, Andrew Paul | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Robert Currie | Director | 1999-07-02 | 2001-04-30 |
| SINCLAIR, Andrew Keith | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2017-12-18 |
| WALKER, David Leslie | Director | — | 2020-04-09 |
| YOUNG, Philip David | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2023-07-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abc Mobility Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-12-16 | Active |
| Abc Mobility Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2020-12-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.