HOLDEN & HOLDEN LIMITED
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Cash
£2k
-99.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+5.2% vs 2024
Employees
231
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£398k
+123.7% highest 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 | £118,730,000 | £129,872,000 | £136,450,000 | +5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,530,000 | -£327,000 | £1,850,000 | +665.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £397,000 | -£1,679,000 | £398,000 | +123.7% | |
| Net profit | £206,000 | -£1,329,000 | £468,000 | +135.2% | |
| Cash | £381,000 | £301,000 | £2,000 | -99.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,261,000 | £11,441,000 | £19,249,000 | +68.2% | |
| Net assets | £11,158,000 | £10,458,000 | £11,006,000 | +5.2% | |
| Equity | £11,158,000 | £10,458,000 | £11,006,000 | +5.2% | |
| Average employees | 194 | 231 | 231 | 0% | |
| Wages | £6,842,000 | £8,876,000 | £9,093,000 | +2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £263,000 | £263,000 | £254,000 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £51,000 | £51,000 | £52,000 | +2% | |
| Highest paid director | £161,000 | £129,000 | £150,000 | +16.3% |
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 | 1.3% | -0.3% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -1.0% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | -2.9% | 9.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.8% | 74.6% | 77.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 0.73x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 1.35x | -0.24x | 1.27x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, they therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HOLDEN & HOLDEN LIMITED · parent
- Holden Limited 100%
- Holden Eastern Limited 100%
- The Reliance Garage (Norwich) Limited 100%
- Holden Motors Limited 100%
- Mister Vee Limited 100%
- Holden & Holden Properties Limited 100%
- Just Ask Limited 100%
- Nelstar Limited 100%
- Hylton Gott Limited 100%
- Norfolk Motor Company Limited 100%
- N.M.G. (Services) Limited 100%
- A.W. Ramsey (Coachworks) Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDEN, Anthony Ernest | Director | — | Jun 1939 | British |
| HOLDEN, Timothy Peter | Director | 2003-09-01 | Feb 1979 | British |
| JOHNSON, Sean Robert | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDEN, Anthony Ernest | Secretary | — | 2020-06-01 |
| CAREY, Christopher | Director | — | 2006-06-30 |
| SOWTER, Peter | Director | — | 1996-03-13 |
| WILCOCK, Gavin Croft | Director | — | 2023-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy Peter Holden | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.