SUZUKI GB PLC
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Cash
£68M
-19.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£87M
+2.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
188
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£4.6M
-10.5% 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £646,749,000 | £513,095,000 | £398,159,000 | -22.4% | |
| Operating profit | £16,857,000 | £12,194,000 | £1,319,000 | -89.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £17,850,000 | £5,087,000 | £4,554,000 | -10.5% | |
| Net profit | £15,578,000 | £2,920,000 | £4,521,000 | +54.8% | |
| Cash | £44,538,000 | £84,524,000 | £68,333,000 | -19.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £107,607,000 | £157,019,000 | £209,064,000 | +33.1% | |
| Net assets | £82,256,000 | £85,163,000 | £87,180,000 | +2.4% | |
| Equity | £82,256,000 | £85,163,000 | £87,180,000 | +2.4% | |
| Average employees | 178 | 188 | 188 | 0% | |
| Wages | £10,179,000 | £11,114,000 | £11,014,000 | -0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £206,186 | £274,735 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 2.4% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 0.6% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | 7.8% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 70.4% | 79.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 2.13x | 1.93x | |
| Interest cover | 1.63x | 1.65x | 0.18x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- SUZUKI GB PLC 1994-06-10 → present
- HERON SUZUKI PLC 1989-11-01 → 1994-06-10
- HERON SUZUKI GB LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1989-11-01
- SUZUKI (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED 1963-07-23 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis... The Company has net assets of £87.2m as at 31 March 2026, having made a profit after tax for the year of £4.5m and has a cash balance of £68.3m... The Company has available a £50m credit facility... Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue in operational existence...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, Martin Derek | Secretary | 2021-12-31 | — | — |
| KATO, Yusuke | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1967 | Japanese |
| YAMASHITA, Kazuyuki | Director | 2026-04-20 | Jan 1963 | Japanese |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDEZ, Junita | Secretary | 2016-01-20 | 2021-12-31 |
| LEIGH, Jeremy Charles | Secretary | 1994-04-05 | 2014-04-14 |
| O'SHEA, Charles Letham | Secretary | 2014-04-14 | 2016-01-20 |
| PARSONS, Neil | Secretary | 1993-05-12 | 1994-04-05 |
| ROBERTSON, Ian Donald Winton | Secretary | — | 1993-05-07 |
| ABE, Yoshinobu | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2017-08-21 |
| AWANO, Hideki | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| AYUKAWA, Kenichi | Director | 2011-04-20 | 2013-07-03 |
| CATFORD, Ian Raymond | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| KAKEI, Yoshihiko | Director | 1997-04-07 | 2001-05-01 |
| KENWARD, Stephen | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| KONDO, Ichiro | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2006-07-03 |
| KONDO, Tadashi | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2014-09-03 |
| LEIGH, Jeremy Charles | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| MARUYAMA, Seiichi | Director | 1999-01-06 | 2002-03-01 |
| MARX, Michael Henry | Director | — | 1994-04-05 |
| NAKANISHI, Shinzo | Director | 2000-03-24 | 2002-03-01 |
| NORMAN, John Henry | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| ONO, Hirotaka | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2007-12-13 |
| OSAWA, Yasuharu | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2011-04-20 |
| RONSON, Gerald Maurice | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1997-09-30 |
| RONSON, Gerald Maurice | Director | — | 1994-04-05 |
| STARNES, Richard John | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| SUYAMA, Nobuo | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2023-04-12 |
| SUZUKI, Koichi | Director | 2023-04-12 | 2025-04-01 |
| SUZUKI, Takanori | Director | 2017-08-21 | 2026-04-20 |
| SUZUKI, Takanori | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2010-04-15 |
| SUZUKI, Toshihiro | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2011-04-20 |
| TAKASUGI, Hideo | Director | 1994-06-10 | 2000-03-24 |
| TAKATA, Katsumi | Director | 1996-08-19 | 2002-03-01 |
| TANI, Masao | Director | 1994-06-10 | 1996-08-19 |
| WOODCOCK, Leslie Charles | Director | — | 1994-05-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki Motor Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.