VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED
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Cash
£3.9m
+10,209.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£45m
+0.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
600
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£530k
-153.2% 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £270,286,000 | £268,869,353 | £303,519,967 | +12.9% | |
| Operating profit | £4,213,619 | £3,071,645 | £2,235,562 | -27.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,248,312 | £995,897 | -£529,827 | -153.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,715,980 | £605,866 | £320,224 | -47.1% | |
| Cash | £3,711,113 | £37,692 | £3,886,019 | +10,209.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,923,852 | £51,581,088 | £53,200,575 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £43,574,309 | £44,180,175 | £44,500,399 | +0.7% | |
| Equity | £43,574,309 | £44,180,175 | £44,500,399 | +0.7% | |
| Average employees | 601 | 595 | 600 | +0.8% | |
| Wages | £18,195,037 | £19,160,260 | £19,286,591 | +0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £242,016 | £191,459 | £210,229 | +9.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £38,654 | £35,987 | £37,321 | +3.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £181,296 | £164,625 | £187,800 | +14.1% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.8% | 6.0% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.2% | 67.9% | 66.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.05x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 2.10x | 1.39x | 0.76x |
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 OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- H.J.H.ENGINEERING LIMITED 1971-07-29 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Duncan Leslie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors remain confident that at the date of signing these accounts the group and company are still a going concern for many reasons.”
Group structure
- VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED · parent
- Vospers Motor House Limited 100%
- Vospers Rentacar Limited 100%
- Vospers of Truro Limited 100%
- Sidwell Street Motors Limited 100%
- Epsom Motor Group Limited 100%
- Exeter Motor Group Limited 100%
- Truro Garages Limited 100%
- County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited 100%
- Parkside (Barnstaple) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 27 May 2025 we acquired the whole share capital of County Garage (Barnstaple) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, Paul Alexander | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | — | — |
| VOSPER, Nicholas Julian Dyer | Director | 2005-03-04 | Feb 1972 | British |
| VOSPER, Peter Graham | Director | — | Jun 1943 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOSS, Eric Seymour | Secretary | 1999-09-10 | 2014-01-01 |
| VOSPER, Ingrid Mary | Secretary | — | 1999-09-10 |
| VOSPER, Dorothy Eleanor | Director | — | 2017-08-10 |
| VOSPER, Ingrid Mary | Director | — | 1999-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Julian Dyer Vosper | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-24 | Active |
| Mr Peter Graham Vosper | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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 | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.