HEDIN AUTOMOTIVE LTD
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Cash
£425K
-68.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.8M
-60.5% vs 2024
Employees
811
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£7.4M
+0.3% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £211,556,119 | £412,848,773 | £412,342,913 | -0.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£4,055,488 | -£867,856 | -£2,394,857 | -176% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£7,568,189 | -£7,386,487 | -£7,364,529 | +0.3% | |
| Net profit | £0 | -£7,294,260 | -£7,504,520 | -£7,378,357 | +1.7% | |
| Cash | £1 | £8,929,602 | £1,355,350 | £425,102 | -68.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £38,620,305 | £38,558,642 | £26,565,790 | -31.1% | |
| Net assets | — | £4,705,741 | £12,201,221 | £4,822,864 | -60.5% | |
| Equity | £1 | £4,705,741 | £12,201,221 | £4,822,864 | -60.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 564 | 826 | 811 | -1.8% | |
| Wages | £0 | £19,842,285 | £35,721,306 | £35,215,661 | -1.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £272,300 | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.9% | -0.2% | -0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | -3.4% | -1.8% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -10.5% | -2.3% | -9.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 91.5% | 96.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.94x | 0.95x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.15x | -0.13x | -0.46x |
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
- HEDIN AUTOMOTIVE LTD 2023-01-27 → present
- HMG COMPANY 1 LIMITED 2022-08-24 → 2023-01-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- HEDIN AUTOMOTIVE LTD · parent
- Hedin Automotive London Ltd 100%
- Hedin Automotive London 2 Ltd 100%
- Stephen James Alliance Limited 100%
- Stephen James (Automotive) Limited 100%
- DC Management Services Limited 100%
- Hedin Financial Services Ltd 100%
- RRT (UK) Limited 100%
- Wheel City Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 August 2023 the Group purchased the entire share capital of Stephen James Alliance Limited, the holding company for a BMW retailer group.”
- “On 2 March 2026 the company issued 1 ordinary £1 share at a premium of £3,499,999.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENNIS, Richard John | Director | 2025-04-24 | Jul 1975 | British |
| HEDIN, Anders | Director | 2022-08-24 | Nov 1962 | Swedish |
| HEDIN, Hampus | Director | 2023-02-23 | Jan 1990 | Swedish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINN, Trevor Garry | Director | 2025-03-26 | 2026-06-30 |
| FINN, Trevor Garry | Director | 2023-02-24 | 2025-03-26 |
| JOERSJÖ, Andréas Albert | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2024-09-10 |
| KIBSGAARD, Klaus Moth | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2026-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anders Hedin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-04-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-10-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.