MOTORING & LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£7.2M
+197.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£26M
-2.4% vs 2024
Employees
280
-5.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£797K
+64.5% vs 2024
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,104,254 | £19,632,728 | £19,557,501 | -0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £34,738 | -£3,476,385 | -£935,496 | +73.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £162,232 | -£2,248,908 | -£797,428 | +64.5% | |
| Net profit | £162,232 | -£1,591,173 | -£850,074 | +46.6% | |
| Cash | £4,327,311 | £2,427,817 | £7,217,515 | +197.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,601,551 | £35,865,325 | £34,340,855 | -4.3% | |
| Net assets | £24,242,284 | £26,833,454 | £26,184,393 | -2.4% | |
| Equity | £24,242,284 | £26,833,454 | £26,184,393 | -2.4% | |
| Average employees | 279 | 296 | 280 | -5.4% | |
| Wages | £6,363,005 | £6,911,104 | £6,920,967 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £761,790 | £909,471 | £1,049,879 | +15.4% |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | -17.7% | -4.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -8.1% | -4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | -9.7% | -2.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 35.4% | 36.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 2.22x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | 0.18x | -1.99x | — |
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
- MOTORING & LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED 2005-01-04 → present
- CSMA SERVICES LIMITED 1993-04-28 → 2005-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore (South) 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. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOTORING & LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- CSMA Leisure Properties Limited 100%
- CSMA Recovery Services Limited 100%
- CSMA Rescue Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30th January 2026, the company completed the sale of one of its leisure properties, West Cliff, for £4,600,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLINN, Colin John | Secretary | 2025-10-31 | — | — |
| BEAVEN, Deborah Jane | Director | 2025-08-13 | Jul 1963 | British |
| BURDETT, Daniel Peter | Director | 2022-10-21 | Oct 1974 | British |
| LAKOSOVA, Andrea | Director | 2025-01-09 | Dec 1986 | Slovak |
| MILTON, Darren Greg | Director | 2020-12-11 | Jun 1976 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Gerard Alphonsus Andrew | Director | 2022-06-24 | Oct 1966 | Irish |
| SLINN, Colin John | Director | 2006-07-13 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Christine Kathy | Secretary | 2003-05-16 | 2006-06-07 |
| PARROTT, Lisa Marie | Secretary | 2021-03-19 | 2025-10-31 |
| SKINNER, Charles Peter | Secretary | 1993-04-28 | 2003-05-16 |
| SLINN, Colin John | Secretary | 2006-06-07 | 2021-03-19 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-04-28 | 1993-04-28 |
| ARNOLD, David | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2004-11-30 |
| BARROW, Carl | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2013-10-03 |
| BROWN, Andrew Martin | Director | 2012-04-12 | 2014-12-31 |
| CHEATER, Brian | Director | 1993-04-28 | 1998-03-24 |
| CONNOLLY, Carole | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2006-10-04 |
| DAVIES, Anthony Royston | Director | 1996-11-21 | 2005-12-14 |
| DAVIS, Michael Clifford | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| DENNY, Peter | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2008-01-01 |
| FARRIS, David | Director | 2008-03-17 | 2011-11-24 |
| FEE, Gail | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2005-10-31 |
| FERNANDEZ-ALCAIDE, Maria Eugenia | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2015-04-14 |
| FILLERY, Carl | Director | 2006-10-31 | 2019-05-31 |
| FORBES, Stuart Chilton | Director | 1993-04-28 | 1995-03-28 |
| GRUBB, Malcolm John Harry | Director | 2012-04-12 | 2012-12-31 |
| HALL, Derrick Arthur | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2004-11-30 |
| HERINGTON, John Frederick | Director | 1993-04-28 | 1996-11-21 |
| HOLMES-LEWIS, Ian John | Director | 2018-02-21 | 2019-01-15 |
| HOWE, Thomas John | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2022-10-20 |
| KENWARD, Stephen | Director | 1998-03-24 | 2005-09-19 |
| LARKIN, Shane | Director | 2015-03-27 | 2017-11-03 |
| LOCKWOOD, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 2006-08-04 | 2008-01-01 |
| MURRAY, Christine Kathy | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2006-06-07 |
| OAKLEY, Martin Roger | Director | 2006-11-16 | 2008-05-01 |
| PARROTT, Lisa Marie | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2025-10-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Malcolm David | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2008-03-01 |
| RANDALL, Timothy | Director | 1996-01-30 | 2000-09-19 |
| ROTHERY, Mark John | Director | 2008-05-12 | 2014-04-25 |
| SAMPSON, David | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2008-01-01 |
| SAYER, Michael John | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2001-11-13 |
| SKINNER, Charles Peter | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2003-03-25 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 2010-02-18 | 2012-12-31 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 2006-08-17 | 2008-01-01 |
| STEWARD, Glenn Bradley | Director | 2015-01-21 | 2016-01-01 |
| SUTTIE, Ailsa Marie Anderson | Director | 2016-08-25 | 2019-02-06 |
| THURBON, Alan Charles | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2022-06-23 |
| WARD, Jacqueline Carol | Director | 2004-11-16 | 2006-01-31 |
| WOOZLEY, Paul Michael | Director | 2008-09-18 | 2009-02-13 |
| WORSTER, Peter James | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2025-07-31 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-04-28 | 1993-04-28 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-04-28 | 1993-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Civil Service Motoring Association Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.