DICKSON MOTORS (PERTH) LIMITED
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Cash
£775k
+12.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.2m
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
26
+13% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£429k
-20.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £17,459,193 | £17,407,110 | £20,144,786 | +15.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,033,413 | £620,102 | £561,149 | -9.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,026,813 | £538,718 | £428,730 | -20.4% | |
| Net profit | £753,414 | £387,606 | £301,646 | -22.2% | |
| Cash | £1,955,278 | £691,198 | £775,345 | +12.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,530,805 | £6,892,270 | £7,191,678 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | £6,494,317 | £6,881,923 | £7,183,569 | +4.4% | |
| Equity | £6,494,317 | £6,881,923 | £7,183,569 | +4.4% | |
| Average employees | 25 | 23 | 26 | +13% | |
| Wages | £1,025,877 | £1,042,829 | £1,038,754 | -0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £372,480 | £322,480 | -13.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £12,480 | £12,480 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £126,240 | £126,240 | 0% |
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 | 5.9% | 3.6% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 2.2% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.8% | 9.0% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.1% | 31.6% | 32.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.15x | 2.92x | 2.91x | |
| Interest cover | 36.62x | 7.10x | 4.23x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- DICKSON MOTORS (PERTH) LIMITED · parent
- Dunblane Motor Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A subsidiary undertaking of the group is currently involved in legal proceedings arising from historical matters. At the balance sheet date, the outcome of these proceedings remains uncertain and, accordingly, no provision has been been recognised in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSON, Niki Thomas | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | — | — |
| DICKSON, Niki Thomas | Director | 2019-12-10 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLUCKIE, James Gordon | Secretary | — | 1999-04-26 |
| COMMERCIAL LEGAL CENTRE | Corporate Secretary | 2007-08-01 | 2022-12-01 |
| KIPPEN CAMPBELL WS | Corporate Secretary | 1999-04-26 | 2007-07-31 |
| CRUICKSHANK, James | Director | 1991-05-14 | 1995-05-19 |
| DICKSON, Norman Francis | Director | — | 2025-07-24 |
| DICKSON, Pamela | Director | — | 2003-08-20 |
| DICKSON, Thomas Donaldson | Director | — | 2019-11-29 |
| LECKIE, George Andrew | Director | 1999-11-26 | 2001-12-14 |
| LESLIE, David Graeme | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-12-09 |
| SCRIMGEOUR, Alistair | Director | — | 1990-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher James Dickson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-07-28 | Active |
| Timothy Charles Norman Dickson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-07-28 | Active |
| Mr Niki Thomas Dickson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-07-28 | Active |
| Mr Norman Francis Dickson | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.