WELLINGTON MOTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
+77.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£10m
+9.5% vs 2024
Employees
136
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+16.1% 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 | £66,407,205 | £71,835,606 | +8.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,515,122 | £1,743,802 | +15.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,515,295 | £1,759,408 | +16.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,133,499 | £1,288,081 | +13.6% | |
| Cash | £563,577 | £1,002,015 | +77.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,560,259 | £10,367,667 | +8.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,281,253 | £10,167,334 | +9.5% | |
| Equity | £9,281,253 | £10,167,334 | +9.5% | |
| Average employees | 134 | 136 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £4,623,550 | £4,831,035 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £106,090 | £97,750 | -7.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,800 | £4,050 | +125% | |
| Highest paid director | £107,890 | £101,800 | -5.6% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.8% | 16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.9% | 58.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.66x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WELLINGTON MOTORS LIMITED 1996-03-21 → present
- LOCHRUN LIMITED 1995-11-14 → 1996-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at the date of signing the financial statements, the director confirms that the company is in a position to meet its liabilities for a period of 12 months and that there are no foreseeable events which may give rise to liabilities which exceeds the company's ability to pay.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLCOMBE, Matthew Charles | Director | 2010-01-12 | May 1979 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HECTOR, Lorraine | Secretary | 2008-11-01 | 2018-08-30 |
| MOSSMAN, Neil Alexander | Secretary | 2005-07-05 | 2009-01-21 |
| SWEETMAN, Gillian Anne | Secretary | 1997-08-28 | 2005-07-05 |
| THOMAS, Brian Horace | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1997-08-28 |
| THOMAS, Hazel | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1997-08-28 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 |
| FINN, Michael John | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2023-12-13 |
| HECTOR, Lorraine | Director | 2008-04-09 | 2018-08-30 |
| MOSSMAN, Neil Alexander | Director | 1996-01-08 | 2009-01-21 |
| SWEETMAN, Gillian Anne | Director | 1996-01-08 | 2005-07-05 |
| THOMAS, Brian Horace | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2011-01-18 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wmg Property Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part cease with charge number | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.