BIRCHWOOD MOTOR GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£45k
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£103k
-60.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
163
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£207k
+53.6% vs 2024
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 | £99,898,000 | £100,357,000 | £103,187,000 | +2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £680,000 | £242,000 | £419,000 | +73.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £87,000 | -£446,000 | -£207,000 | +53.6% | |
| Net profit | £31,000 | -£327,000 | -£158,000 | +51.7% | |
| Cash | £35,000 | £36,000 | £45,000 | +25% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,995,000 | £2,753,000 | £2,770,000 | +0.6% | |
| Net assets | £587,000 | £261,000 | £103,000 | -60.5% | |
| Equity | £587,000 | £261,000 | £103,000 | -60.5% | |
| Average employees | 155 | 160 | 163 | +1.9% | |
| Wages | £5,762,000 | £5,638,000 | £5,923,000 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £567,000 | £625,000 | £324,000 | -48.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -0.3% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | 8.8% | 15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.8% | 98.8% | 99.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.07x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 1.44x | 0.35x | 0.67x |
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
- BIRCHWOOD MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 2008-08-19 → present
- BIRCHWOOD FORD LIMITED 2008-02-25 → 2008-08-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Towards the end of 2025, Birchwood introduced the Chery/Tiggo brand to share the premises at Hastings Ford”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REBBETTS, Simon Derek | Secretary | 2008-02-25 | — | British |
| HUNT, Chester John | Director | 2008-02-25 | Jun 1969 | British |
| NEWTON, John Stephen | Director | 2021-04-20 | Jul 1966 | British |
| SEXTON, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2008-02-25 | Oct 1956 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Intermediate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-02-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.