BOWSON GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
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Cash
£1.3m
-0.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.3m
+5.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
27
-6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£306k
-34.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £25,223,365 | £24,835,583 | £16,709,052 | -32.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £392,979 | £502,929 | £307,819 | -38.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £314,406 | £469,672 | £305,934 | -34.9% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £211,082 | £348,801 | £231,917 | -33.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,046,857 | £1,269,780 | £1,260,214 | -0.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,000 | £10,000 | £2,903,195 | £3,204,554 | £3,401,483 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,844,909 | £3,154,810 | £3,341,627 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £10,000 | £10,000 | £2,844,909 | £3,154,810 | £3,341,627 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 27 | 29 | 27 | -6.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | £932,479 | £1,007,283 | £998,821 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £294,222 | £292,667 | £305,418 | +4.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £70,000 | £80,000 | £84,918 | +6.1% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.6% | 2.0% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 13.5% | 15.7% | 9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 59.0% | 39.9% | 39.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.51x | 2.08x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.92x | 13.50x | 13.70x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BOWSON GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 2026-09-27 → present
- BOWSON GROUP LTD 2020-08-26 → 2026-09-27
- BOWSEN GROUP LTD 2018-11-28 → 2020-08-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wildin (Auditors) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider appropriate.”
Group structure
- BOWSON GROUP HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Winner Garage Limited 100%
- Cinderford M G Limited 100%
- Maxus Gloucestershire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “It was decided to cease our dealership arrangement with Maxus soon after the beginning of the financial year.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, Martin | Director | 2018-11-28 | Nov 1974 | British |
| MORGAN, Jason | Director | 2018-11-28 | Dec 1990 | British |
| MORGAN, Robert | Director | 2018-11-28 | May 1957 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Adrian | Director | 2018-11-28 | Apr 1967 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Morgan | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-08-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
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.