MOTOR DEPOT LIMITED
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Cash
£8.2M
+202% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£25M
+5.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
537
-1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9M
+75.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £339,956,523 | £387,652,707 | £415,214,453 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,002,501 | £1,720,570 | £2,565,347 | +49.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,387,726 | £1,087,408 | £1,907,224 | +75.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,103,930 | £781,759 | £1,381,066 | +76.7% | |
| Cash | £5,337,821 | £2,727,883 | £8,238,844 | +202% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,903,750 | £24,901,058 | £27,053,818 | +8.6% | |
| Net assets | £23,288,350 | £24,070,109 | £25,451,175 | +5.7% | |
| Equity | £23,288,350 | £24,070,109 | £25,451,175 | +5.7% | |
| Average employees | 489 | 544 | 537 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £17,653,850 | £19,814,998 | £19,799,769 | -0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £24,000 | £24,000 | £79,244 | +230.2% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 6.9% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 53.3% | 43.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.52x | 1.68x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | 4.85x | 2.72x | 3.90x |
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
- MOTOR DEPOT LIMITED 2001-11-20 → present
- 4MATION 29 LIMITED 2001-11-05 → 2001-11-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In determining that the going concern basis is appropriate, the directors have prepared financial forecasts to 28 February 2027. The directors have considered all factors, including the wider economy, as part of their assessment of going concern. Although the current economic climate creates both cash flow and profitability risks for the group, the directors believe on balance that they have sufficient resources to enable trading to continue for a period to at least 28 February 2027.”
Group structure
- MOTOR DEPOT LIMITED · parent
- Goball Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARRICK, Matthew | Director | 2025-06-10 | Aug 1985 | British |
| PAOLI, Guillaume | Director | 2021-03-01 | May 1973 | French |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, June | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Emma Jane | Secretary | 2001-12-05 | 2002-03-01 |
| AILSA CRAIG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-11-05 | 2001-12-05 |
| BARRICK, Matthew | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| BOTHAM, Graham | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| BUTTERLEY, Stephen Jon | Director | 2012-11-06 | 2021-03-01 |
| CHARTIER, Nicolas | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2025-06-13 |
| NEEDHAM, Alan | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| WILKINSON, June | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| WILKINSON, Philip John | Director | 2001-12-05 | 2025-06-13 |
| WILKINSON, Raymond John | Director | 2001-12-05 | 2021-03-01 |
| AILSA CRAIG LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-11-05 | 2001-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkinson Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-09 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
| Aramis Group Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Philip John Wilkinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-01 |
| Mr Raymond John Wilkinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-01 |
| Mrs June Wilkinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.