JCT600 LIMITED
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Cash
£45M
-5.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£300M
+3.3% vs 2023
Employees
2,177
+2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£20M
-44% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,414,434,000 | £1,334,889,000 | -5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £40,438,000 | £26,565,000 | -34.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £36,029,000 | £20,167,000 | -44% | |
| Net profit | £26,491,000 | £13,516,000 | -49% | |
| Cash | £47,516,000 | £44,905,000 | -5.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £361,715,000 | £377,624,000 | +4.4% | |
| Net assets | £290,523,000 | £300,253,000 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £290,523,000 | £300,253,000 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 2,133 | 2,177 | +2.1% | |
| Wages | £80,475,000 | £81,897,000 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,528,000 | £1,133,000 | -25.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 49.4% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 9.17x | 4.15x |
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
- JCT600 LIMITED 2002-05-22 → present
- J.C.T. 600 LIMITED 1989-06-01 → 2002-05-22
- TORDOFF MOTORS LIMITED 1946-06-20 → 1989-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that, given the current strength of the Group's balance sheet and the finance available, the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- JCT600 LIMITED · parent
- J.C.T. 600 (Yeadon) Limited 1%
- J.C.T. 600 (Bradford) Limited 1%
- Almondbury Garage Limited 1%
- J.C.T. 600 (Wakefield) Limited 1%
- J.C.T. 600 (Leeds) Limited 1%
- J.C.T. 600 (Hull) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Lincolnshire) Limited 1%
- Layerthorpe Limited 1%
- Chesterfield Audi Limited 1%
- Barringtons (Chesterfield) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Audi) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Volkswagen) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (MBNY) Limited 1%
- ALX Holdings Limited 1%
- Oak Lane Holdings Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Lincoln) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Audi/VW) Limited 1%
- JCT600 Vehicle Leasing Solutions Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Properties) Limited 1%
- Fenix Properties Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Trade Parts) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Rawdon) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (South Yorkshire) Limited 1%
- JCT600 (Yorkshire) Limited 1%
- Caygill Holdings Limited 1%
- (West Yorkshire) Van Rental Limited 1%
- Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Limited 1%
- Van Centre (Leeds) Limited 1%
- (West Yorkshire) Van Craft Limited 1%
- Caygushka Limited 1%
Significant events
- “In February 2024 this was put to the test when the Group suffered a serious attempted ransom attack. Measures which had previously been implemented resulted in no loss of customer or colleague data and only a short disruption to business services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Nigel Martin | Secretary | 2007-01-25 | — | British |
| HARGRAVES, Richard | Director | 2020-02-13 | Oct 1968 | British |
| SHAW, Nigel Martin | Director | 2007-01-25 | Nov 1962 | British |
| TORDOFF, Edward Ian | Director | — | Aug 1957 | British |
| TORDOFF, John Cornel | Director | 1991-04-19 | Oct 1963 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROWTHER, Brian Michael | Secretary | — | 2007-01-25 |
| CROWTHER, Brian Michael | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| MILLINGTON, Christopher Roger | Director | — | 1994-01-11 |
| TAYLOR, Henry William | Director | — | 2004-07-30 |
| TORDOFF, Jack Crossley | Director | — | 2021-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordons Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2023-05-31 | Active |
| John Cornel Tordoff | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-05-31 | Active |
| Edward Ian Tordoff | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-05-31 | Active |
| Mr Jack Crossley Tordoff | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-31 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-31 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-31 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-31 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- 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.