SOUTHERN MOTOR GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£4K
+29.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.6K
+7.7% vs 2024
Employees
84
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£518
-19.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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 | — | — | — | £59,349,458 | £55,510 | £50,976 | -8.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,691,833 | £989 | £815 | -17.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,507,518 | £645 | £518 | -19.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,000,000 | £3,000,000 | £2,500,000 | £2,747,788 | £558 | £400 | -28.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £3,872,522 | £3,103 | £4,032 | +29.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £7,814,799 | £9,072 | £10,259 | +13.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,622,075 | £5,180 | £5,580 | +7.7% | |
| Equity | — | £3,565,627 | £4,366,287 | £4,622,075 | £5,180 | £5,580 | +7.7% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 86 | 84 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,754,357 | £4,999,605 | £5,054,620 | +1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £132,000 | £1,709,187 | £1,802,740 | +5.5% |
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 | — | — | — | 6.2% | 1.8% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 47.2% | 10.9% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 78.2% | 100.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.23x | 1.34x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 13.59x | 2.11x | 1.88x |
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
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SOUTHERN MOTOR GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- S M Group Trading Limited 100%
- The Southern Motor Group Limited 100%
- Whitgift Hire Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Sales of new vehicles fell in the first half of the year due to the delay in the availability of the new transporter model. This meant a supply shortage on the most popular model in the brand. Although new unit sales were similar to 2024, an increase in agency sales lead to a reduction in turnover.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Peter John | Director | 2015-06-22 | Oct 1966 | British |
| PRICE, Stephen Paul | Director | 2015-06-22 | Mar 1964 | English |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter John Price | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Stephen Paul Price | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.