D. STOKER GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£299k
-24.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.1m
-4% vs 2024
Employees
60
-3.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£34k
+108.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,440,385 | £23,730,688 | £31,041,277 | £28,650,397 | £27,119,245 | -5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £598,186 | £777,357 | £573,505 | £113,831 | £114,642 | +0.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £554,580 | £744,476 | £453,974 | £16,415 | £34,241 | +108.6% | |
| Net profit | £449,210 | £627,078 | £345,870 | £15,113 | £28,125 | +86.1% | |
| Cash | £489,668 | £851,283 | £282,157 | £395,993 | £299,490 | -24.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,415,959 | £4,676,866 | £4,899,710 | £4,577,089 | £4,351,403 | -4.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,907,318 | £4,244,665 | £4,541,810 | £4,278,253 | £4,107,528 | -4% | |
| Equity | £3,907,318 | £4,244,665 | £4,541,810 | £4,278,253 | £4,107,528 | -4% | |
| Average employees | 64 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 60 | -3.2% | |
| Wages | £1,588,512 | £1,651,994 | £1,932,753 | £1,867,563 | £1,932,009 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £41,836 | £30,915 | £46,401 | £52,802 | £58,871 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £31,674 | £805 | £805 | 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.5% | 16.6% | 11.7% | 2.5% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.3% | 44.4% | 44.5% | 43.9% | 48.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.85x | 1.82x | 1.64x | |
| Interest cover | 13.72x | 23.64x | 4.80x | 1.17x | 1.43x |
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
- D. STOKER GROUP LIMITED 1989-03-08 → present
- D. STOKER (BARROW) LIMITED 1961-08-31 → 1989-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasts and available resources, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- D. STOKER GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Nowjet Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Along with other dealers in its network Hyundai terminated its agreement with our Morecambe site and its agreement at Barrow as an authorised repairer.”
- “Following a strategic review, the directors have commenced the closure of the Morecambe dealership and intend to focus operations on the Barrow site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOKER, Margaret Elizabeth | Secretary | 1993-04-30 | — | British |
| STOKER, Iain Leslie | Director | — | Dec 1954 | British |
| STOKER, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 1998-05-01 | Aug 1955 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Sylvia Deanna | Secretary | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BARNES, Sylvia Deanna | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| ELLISON, William Roy | Director | — | 2009-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Iain Leslie Stoker | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-05-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.