ALLIANCE AUTOMOTIVE PROCUREMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£69m
EUR 79,488,000
+190.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£72m
EUR 82,131,000
+18.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
88
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£41m
EUR 47,531,000
+0.4% 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 | £1,459,292,105 | £1,520,442,104 | £1,529,781,964 | +0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £29,430,209 | £35,390,677 | £36,820,164 | +4% | |
| Profit before tax | £35,115,087 | £41,292,303 | £41,453,864 | +0.4% | |
| Net profit | £27,070,268 | £31,089,084 | £31,003,837 | -0.3% | |
| Cash | £23,632,416 | £23,876,908 | £69,324,961 | +190.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,809,780 | £60,361,646 | £71,630,037 | +18.7% | |
| Net assets | £49,809,780 | £60,361,646 | £71,630,037 | +18.7% | |
| Equity | £49,809,780 | £60,361,646 | £71,630,037 | +18.7% | |
| Average employees | 94 | 91 | 88 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £4,737,254 | £4,624,253 | £4,789,813 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £269,679 | £225,364 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £149,821 | £124,005 | £71,237 | -42.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 59.1% | 58.6% | 51.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.5% | 93.9% | 93.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.06x | 1.07x |
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
- ALLIANCE AUTOMOTIVE PROCUREMENT LIMITED 2016-02-01 → present
- GAU SUPPLY SERVICES LIMITED 2008-12-02 → 2016-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Even under the most severe case, the UK Group would have sufficient liquidity to continue to meet all its liabilities as they fall due. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue to operate...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBES, John Frederick | Director | 2009-12-08 | Jul 1965 | British |
| GALVIN, Cade Ashby | Director | 2025-08-21 | Mar 1986 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Stephen William | Director | 2026-07-27 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBES, John Frederick | Secretary | 2008-12-08 | 2025-08-21 |
| COOMBES, John Frederick | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2025-12-31 |
| LAFONT, Jean-Jacques Mathieu | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2025-11-24 |
| NARVINGER, Tobias | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2017-03-31 |
| UNDERWOOD, Richard Douglas | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2008-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Allen Schwarzman | Individual | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-02 |
| Alliance Automotive Uk Trading Groups Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.