F.R.F. MOTORS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Cash

£2.7m

-28.7% vs 2024

Net assets

£14m

-1.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

+1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£266k

-426.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

F.R.F. MOTORS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=16805

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£57,214,349	£59,928,194	£57,258,564	-4.5%
Operating profit	£240,745	-£75,032	-£401,926	-435.7%
Profit before tax	£407,804	£81,407	-£265,688	-426.4%
Net profit	£188,148	£46,427	-£222,462	-579.2%
Cash	£2,373,178	£3,741,812	£2,668,200	-28.7%
Total assets less current liabilities	£14,639,623	£14,679,158	£14,444,938	-1.6%
Net assets	£14,124,232	£14,170,659	£13,948,197	-1.6%
Equity	£14,124,232	£14,170,659	£13,948,197	-1.6%
Average employees	95	98	99	+1%
Wages	£2,995,515	£3,291,612	£3,347,739	+1.7%
Directors' remuneration	£140,000	£147,200	£173,083	+17.6%
Directors' pension contributions	£7,329	£7,200	£7,200	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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	0.4%	-0.1%	-0.7%
Net margin	0.3%	0.1%	-0.4%
Return on capital employed	1.6%	-0.5%	-2.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	25.2%	34.3%	32.6%
Current ratio	2.99x	1.96x	2.04x

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

F.R.F. MOTORS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
ZWINK LIMITED 1977-10-18 → 1977-12-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the group will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”

Group structure

F.R.F. MOTORS LIMITED · parent
1. F.R.F. Bridgend Limited 100% · England and Wales · motor dealership

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
FRANCIS, Gareth Jeremy	Secretary	2009-03-31	—	British
FRANCIS, Gareth Jeremy	Director	—	May 1949	British
WATKINS, Paul Anthony	Director	2009-12-01	Dec 1969	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FRANCIS, Gareth Jeremy	Secretary	—	1992-12-31
RADCLIFFE, John Stuart	Secretary	1992-12-31	2009-03-31
FRANCIS, Edward Huw	Director	—	1991-11-01
GUMMER, Harold John	Director	—	2019-03-31
RADCLIFFE, John Stuart	Director	—	2009-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Benjamin Jeremy Francis	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors	2026-04-13	Active
Ms Hannah Louise Francis	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors	2026-04-13	Active
Mr Gareth Jeremy Francis	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2026-04-13

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 120 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2026-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
2026-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2026-04-30	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2026-04-30	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2026-04-13	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2026-04-13	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2026-04-13	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2026-01-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2025-01-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2024-01-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2023-01-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-09-05	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2022-01-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2021-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2020-01-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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