BREEZE (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED
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Cash
£299k
+3.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.2m
+22% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
57
-1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£867k
+3% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,681,782 | £33,110,765 | £35,976,956 | £37,934,015 | £41,373,898 | £42,045,089 | +1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £321,124 | £1,310,090 | £1,216,991 | £1,139,330 | £1,176,771 | £1,268,405 | +7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £172,878 | £1,115,493 | £981,679 | £895,360 | £841,616 | £866,941 | +3% | |
| Net profit | £188,115 | £886,452 | £804,017 | £759,054 | £770,780 | £753,762 | -2.2% | |
| Cash | £191,663 | £1,500,822 | £1,834,462 | £890,410 | £289,376 | £299,119 | +3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £637,802 | £1,135,149 | £1,904,466 | £2,663,683 | £3,441,027 | £4,189,905 | +21.8% | |
| Net assets | £209,509 | £1,095,961 | £1,899,978 | £2,659,032 | £3,429,812 | £4,183,574 | +22% | |
| Equity | £209,509 | £1,095,961 | £1,899,978 | £2,659,032 | £3,429,812 | £4,183,574 | +22% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 50 | 47 | 54 | 58 | 57 | -1.7% | |
| Wages | £2,051,295 | £2,127,042 | £2,234,932 | £2,532,613 | £2,606,507 | £2 | -100% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.3% | 115.4% | 63.9% | 42.8% | 34.2% | 30.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.4% | 88.0% | 82.8% | 76.8% | 76.5% | 79.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.24x | 1.27x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 2.17x | 6.73x | 5.04x | 4.67x | 3.51x | 3.16x |
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
- BREEZE (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED 2004-10-07 → present
- TESTWOOD MOTORS LIMITED 1970-07-23 → 2004-10-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In considering going concern, management has reviewed the financial information of the Company for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLKINGHORNE, Alison Gail | Secretary | 2026-02-17 | — | — |
| BROWN, Karl Stephen Peter | Director | 2022-06-01 | Jan 1994 | British |
| GUNNER, Michael William | Director | 2026-02-17 | May 1980 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBSON, Melvyn | Secretary | — | 2004-10-04 |
| SUTER, Paul David | Secretary | 2004-10-04 | 2004-10-04 |
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-11-24 | 2018-01-19 |
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-10-04 | 2008-11-24 |
| CORDEROY, John Edward | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2025-11-20 |
| HARWOOD, Guy | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2004-10-04 |
| HENLEY, David John | Director | — | 2004-10-04 |
| HOBSON, Melvyn | Director | — | 2004-10-04 |
| LANGFORD, Mark Edward | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2026-05-31 |
| OAKLEY, Edwin Robert | Director | — | 2004-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeze Motor Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.