MURLEY AUTO LIMITED
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Cash
£458k
+2,594.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.7m
+1.8% vs 2024
Employees
31
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£73k
-77.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,603,000 | £32,886,000 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | £37,000 | £134,000 | +262.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £329,000 | £73,000 | -77.8% | |
| Net profit | £256,000 | £48,000 | -81.3% | |
| Cash | £17,000 | £458,000 | +2,594.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,684,000 | £2,730,000 | +1.7% | |
| Net assets | £2,638,000 | £2,686,000 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £2,638,000 | £2,686,000 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 31 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,281,000 | £1,255,000 | -2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £268,000 | £265,000 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,000 | £2,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £115,000 | £105,000 | -8.7% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.4% | 59.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | 0.90x | 2.20x |
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
- MURLEY AUTO LIMITED 1986-09-16 → present
- SPEEDCLOSE LIMITED 1986-07-04 → 1986-09-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Burgis & Bullock
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore the going concern basis of accounting is considered to be appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The company is moving forward with two additional franchises opening up in Stratford-upon -Avon in 2026, and a change of franchise in Warwick from Hyundai to Omoda Jaecoo.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLMOTT, Simon John | Secretary | 2021-11-01 | — | — |
| CRAWFORD, William Gerald | Director | — | Mar 1942 | Irish |
| GRIGG, James Churchill | Director | 2018-12-11 | Jun 1990 | British |
| HAMILTON, Justin Timothy | Director | 2015-04-30 | Jan 1979 | British |
| UPPAL, Gurjinder Singh | Director | 2024-05-28 | Nov 1982 | British |
| WILLMOTT, Simon John | Director | 2018-12-11 | Aug 1961 | British |
| WOODROW, John Edward | Director | — | Apr 1948 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Roger David | Secretary | 2000-05-23 | 2021-11-01 |
| WOODROW, John Edward | Secretary | — | 2000-05-23 |
| BOYLAN, David Colin | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2015-04-30 |
| BRETHERTON, Simon Murray | Director | — | 2000-05-23 |
| BURROW, Andrew Charles | Director | 2015-12-08 | 2017-03-01 |
| HALL, Stuart William | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2013-12-13 |
| MAY, Trevor Andrew | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2003-08-29 |
| MCCUBBIN, James Duncan | Director | — | 1991-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murley Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-09-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-07-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.