VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED
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Cash
£3.9m
+10,209.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£30m
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
560
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.1m
-323.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £268,869,353 | £295,862,414 | +10% | |
| Operating profit | £1,709,386 | £684,319 | -60% | |
| Profit before tax | -£490,879 | -£2,079,045 | -323.5% | |
| Net profit | -£556,775 | -£1,990,136 | -257.4% | |
| Cash | £37,692 | £3,886,019 | +10,209.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,162,805 | £33,542,869 | -4.6% | |
| Net assets | £31,698,777 | £29,708,641 | -6.3% | |
| Equity | £31,698,777 | £29,708,641 | -6.3% | |
| Average employees | 595 | 560 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | £19,160,260 | £18,747,338 | -2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £707,392 | £767,422 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £86,199 | £87,784 | +1.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £200,612 | £225,121 | +12.2% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.8% | 74.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.73x | 0.23x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED 2007-04-02 → present
- VOSPER'S MOTOR HOUSE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITED 1951-06-19 → 2007-04-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. See the strategic report for a full description of the factors considered by the directors as part of their decision to apply the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED · parent
- Vospers Rentacar Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 27 May 2025 the parent company acquired the whole share capital of County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited. This acquisition has provided us with a strategic location in North Devon at Barnstaple... Following the acquisition on 31 July 2025 the trade of this company was transferred to Vospers Motor House Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Paul Alexander | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | — | — |
| HASLAM, Mark Douglas | Director | 2008-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| ROGERS, Paul Alexander | Director | 2014-01-01 | Aug 1973 | British |
| SUTTON, Richard Paul | Director | 2025-06-02 | Sep 1962 | British |
| TICKNER, Neil | Director | 2018-09-18 | Apr 1963 | British |
| TREMAIN, Peter Jonathan | Director | 2011-02-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| VOSPER, Nicholas Julian Dyer | Director | 2005-03-04 | Feb 1972 | British |
| VOSPER, Peter Graham | Director | — | Jun 1943 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOSS, Eric Seymour | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2014-01-01 |
| VOSPER, Dorothy Eleanor | Secretary | — | 1999-10-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Bryan James | Director | — | 2006-08-29 |
| DARNELL, Benjamin | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2019-07-12 |
| EVANS, William Henry | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2006-11-30 |
| FOSTER, Robert Andrew | Director | — | 2017-08-31 |
| GOSS, Eric Seymour | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2014-08-04 |
| HISCOX, John Greer | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2001-10-31 |
| HISCOX, John Greer | Director | — | 1998-02-23 |
| JONES, Gerald Patrick | Director | 2008-02-04 | 2016-03-11 |
| MACARTNEY, Richard John | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2007-02-09 |
| PROCTOR, Norman Henry | Director | — | 2018-12-03 |
| VOSPER, Dorothy Eleanor | Director | — | 1999-10-30 |
| WIDDECOMBE, Robert Charles | Director | — | 2017-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vospers Of Plymouth Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.