COUNTY GARAGE (BARNSTAPLE) LIMITED
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Cash
£476K
-22% vs 2023
Net assets
£4.9M
+4.7% vs 2023
Employees
66
-8.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£494K
-19% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The company is not a going concern as it ceased trading on 31 July 2025 and its activities were transferred to Vospers Motor House Limited on 1 August 2025, Vospers Motor House Limited being a 100% owned subsidiary of Vospers of Plymouth Limited who acquired the entire share capital of County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited on 27 May 2025. As such, these financial statements are not prepared under a going concern basis.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified 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 | £38,605,885 | £39,999,013 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | £687,883 | £557,511 | -19% | |
| Profit before tax | £609,977 | £493,865 | -19% | |
| Net profit | £441,540 | £351,820 | -20.3% | |
| Cash | £610,656 | £476,490 | -22% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,066,427 | £5,060,107 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,713,004 | £4,934,530 | +4.7% | |
| Equity | £4,713,004 | £4,934,530 | +4.7% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 66 | -8.3% | |
| Wages | £2,059,043 | £2,267,673 | +10.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £203,030 | £171,766 | -15.4% |
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 | 1.8% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.6% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 8.80x | 6.19x |
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
- COUNTY GARAGE (BARNSTAPLE) LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
- COUNTY GARAGE (BARNSTAPLE 1977) LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1979-12-31
- WADHAM STRINGER (BARNSTAPLE) LIMITED 1965-12-22 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Glover Stanbury
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The company is not a going concern as it ceased trading on 31 July 2025 and its activities were transferred to Vospers Motor House Limited on 1 August 2025, Vospers Motor House Limited being a 100% owned subsidiary of Vospers of Plymouth Limited who acquired the entire share capital of County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited on 27 May 2025. As such, these financial statements are not prepared under a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COUNTY GARAGE (BARNSTAPLE) LIMITED · parent
- Parkside Limited (Barnstaple) 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Paul Alexander | Secretary | 2025-05-27 | — | — |
| VOSPER, Nicholas Julian Dyer | Director | 2025-05-27 | Feb 1972 | British |
| VOSPER, Peter Graham | Director | 2025-05-27 | Jun 1943 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE, Joseph Hicking | Secretary | — | 1993-10-04 |
| SQUIRE, Patrick James | Secretary | 1993-10-04 | 2025-05-27 |
| BASSOM, Wendy Elizabeth | Director | — | 2025-05-27 |
| LEWIS, Ann Veronica | Director | — | 2025-05-27 |
| SQUIRE, David John | Director | — | 2025-05-27 |
| SQUIRE, Joseph Hicking | Director | — | 2004-01-31 |
| SQUIRE, Michael Squire | Director | — | 1993-11-17 |
| SQUIRE, Patrick James | Director | — | 2025-05-27 |
| UNDERHILL, Paul Charles | Director | 2025-06-16 | 2025-09-09 |
| WILLIAMS, John Charles | Director | — | 2011-10-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Nicholas Charles | Director | 1997-05-07 | 2025-05-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Susan | Director | — | 2025-05-27 |
| WITHERINGTON, Andrew John | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2025-05-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vospers Of Plymouth Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-27 | Active |
| Mrs Susan Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-01 | Ceased 2025-05-27 |
| Mrs Susan Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.