AUTO MOTIVE PUMPS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4M
-42.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+10.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
41
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.4M
-48.1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £13,525,951 | £12,448,201 | -8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £2,649,428 | £1,583,777 | -40.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £2,776,815 | £1,439,867 | -48.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £2,150,576 | £1,037,084 | -51.8% | |
| Cash | £852,921 | £1,264,284 | £127,849 | £82,373 | £4,075,316 | £2,360,159 | -42.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,798,401 | £5,017,595 | £4,797,059 | £5,588,409 | £14,642,414 | £18,610,978 | +27.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £14,610,814 | £16,139,069 | +10.5% | |
| Equity | £4,798,401 | £5,017,595 | £4,797,059 | £5,588,409 | £14,610,814 | £16,139,069 | +10.5% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,625,354 | £1,780,156 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £289,309 | £248,251 | -14.2% |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 19.6% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 15.9% | 8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 18.1% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 8.6% | 21.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.94x | 4.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 9.62x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Adam Parker Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- AUTO MOTIVE PUMPS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Motive Components Limited 100%
- Autopumps UK Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company invested in a large warehouse facility to relocate its UK trading companies into these new facilities, which involved a significant investment in the warehouse infrastructure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COTTON, Brett Lee | Director | 2016-05-01 | Sep 1983 | British |
| COTTON, Dudley Granville | Director | 2014-04-15 | Sep 1944 | British |
| COTTON, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2015-12-07 | Nov 1948 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brett Lee Cotton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-10-16 | Active |
| Mrs Jennifer Ann Cotton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-15 | Active |
| Mr Dudley Granville Cotton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.