JCB MEDWAY LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6m
+0.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£21m
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
431
+14.6% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-52.8% lowest in 6 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of JCB MEDWAY LIMITED's latest filing
JCB Medway pushed turnover past £300m, but the costs of expansion and the EV mandate took a bite out of profits. 🚗📉
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £154,475,131 | £192,497,262 | £228,183,640 | £256,782,457 | £271,747,294 | £304,037,672 | +11.9% | |
| Operating profit | £2,359,272 | £5,213,321 | £5,275,380 | £4,734,943 | £4,280,609 | £3,396,438 | -20.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,867,186 | £4,393,782 | £4,458,206 | £6,614,478 | £2,293,533 | £1,083,087 | -52.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,489,299 | £3,741,626 | £3,216,306 | £5,648,404 | £1,645,677 | £897,152 | -45.5% | |
| Cash | £6,508,197 | £9,594,225 | £8,209,693 | £7,807,894 | £3,592,755 | £3,617,810 | +0.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,314,593 | £14,799,238 | £17,147,826 | £20,743,617 | £22,299,835 | £22,269,775 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | £9,314,255 | £12,415,881 | £14,947,187 | £19,595,591 | £21,241,268 | £21,338,420 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £9,314,255 | £12,415,881 | £14,947,187 | £19,595,591 | £21,241,268 | £21,338,420 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 323 | 282 | 297 | 304 | 376 | 431 | +14.6% | |
| Wages | £9,774,871 | £9,584,488 | £9,455,300 | £9,777,512 | £11,724,608 | £13,529,137 | +15.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £20,092 | £324,949 | £43,755 | £42,179 | £54,659 | £44,373 | -18.8% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.2% | 35.2% | 30.8% | 22.8% | 19.2% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.5% | 78.4% | 76.2% | 71.3% | 72.8% | 76.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.33x | 1.31x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | 4.77x | 6.36x | 6.46x | 3.20x | 2.15x | 1.47x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- JCB MEDWAY LIMITED 1998-10-09 → present
- HOWPER 251 LIMITED 1998-07-13 → 1998-10-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing”
Group structure
- JCB MEDWAY LIMITED · parent
- JCB Medway TPS (2015) Limited 100%
- South Essex TPS (2015) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025, the group acquired Bromley Kia, taking their Kia representation to 4 sites in Kent and further cemented our relationship with Kia UK to represent this brand in four territories.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company acquired the trade and assets of Maidstone Volkswagen and Maidstone Skoda in February 2026 and Canterbury Volkswagen in July 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISCHOFF, Jonathan Charles | Director | 1998-11-11 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Philip John | Secretary | 1999-07-09 | 2008-05-16 |
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-13 | 1999-07-09 |
| ICETON, Ian Gordon | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2002-08-06 |
| HP DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-13 | 1998-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischoff (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-06-19 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Charles Bishoff | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2019-06-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.