DESMOND MOTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£306k
-0.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.9m
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
84
+10.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.1k
-95.9% lowest 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 | £44,479,569 | £62,177,027 | £54,762,974 | -11.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,157,785 | £1,223,765 | £1,155,871 | -5.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £401,572 | £123,602 | £5,098 | -95.9% | |
| Net profit | £317,277 | £115,730 | £5,098 | -95.6% | |
| Cash | £295,585 | £308,751 | £306,293 | -0.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,797,812 | £5,913,542 | £6,463,111 | +9.3% | |
| Net assets | £5,797,812 | £5,913,542 | £5,918,640 | +0.1% | |
| Equity | £5,797,812 | £5,913,542 | £5,918,640 | +0.1% | |
| Average employees | 78 | 76 | 84 | +10.5% | |
| Wages | £2,398,341 | £2,638,041 | £3,025,783 | +14.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £327,889 | £480,608 | £468,169 | -2.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £108,956 | £154,280 | £154,699 | +0.3% |
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 | 2.6% | 2.0% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.0% | 20.7% | 17.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.4% | 84.7% | 82.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.02x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 1.53x | 1.11x | 1.00x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Northern Ireland) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Significant events
- “The company opened two new sites in Belfast during the year and onboarded a new franchise (BYD). Post-year end the company has also onboarded Geely as a new Franchise.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALLON, Nuala | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MALLON, Garrett Seamus | Director | 2006-07-26 | Jan 1979 | Irish |
| MALLON, Kealan | Director | 2017-09-01 | Oct 1986 | Irish |
| MALLON, Seamus Joseph | Director | — | May 1949 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALLON, Nuala | Director | — | 2026-05-14 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Liam | Director | — | 2023-04-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Seamus Mallon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-22 | Active |
| Kealan Mallon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-22 | Active |
| Seamus Joseph Mallon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-19 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-10 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-07-16 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.