HOLCOMBE'S OF TAUNTON LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
+50.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.7m
+65.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
136
+1.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+74.6% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £2,161,651 | £66,443,205 | £71,885,098 | +8.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£405,988 | £1,414,628 | £1,954,928 | +38.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £372,771 | £889,958 | £1,553,494 | +74.6% | |
| Net profit | £340,442 | £518,111 | £1,062,149 | +105% | |
| Cash | £2,015,719 | £671,035 | £1,010,803 | +50.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,204,203 | £8,421,621 | £8,196,995 | -2.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,142,556 | £1,624,826 | £2,686,975 | +65.4% | |
| Equity | £1,142,556 | £1,624,826 | £2,686,975 | +65.4% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 134 | 136 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £270,482 | £4,623,550 | £4,831,035 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £106,090 | £97,750 | -7.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £1,800 | £4,050 | +125% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £107,890 | £101,800 | -5.6% |
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 | -18.8% | 2.1% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 0.8% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | 16.8% | 23.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.8% | 92.7% | 88.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.91x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | -14.73x | 2.69x | 4.69x |
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
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. As at the date of signing the financial statements, the director confirms that the company is in a position to meet its liabilities for a period of 12 months and that there are no foreseeable events which may give rise to liabilities which exceeds the company's ability to pay.”
Group structure
- HOLCOMBE'S OF TAUNTON LIMITED · parent
- WMG Property Limited 100%
- Wellington Motors Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLCOMBE, Matthew Charles | Director | 2019-11-12 | May 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Matthew Holcombe | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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.