FORDS OF WINSFORD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-14 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Cash
£252K
-17.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+12% vs 2023
Employees
249
+1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£251K
+365.2% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,773,509 | — | £8,976,521 | £11,749,270 | — | £11,166,061 | £13,949,554 | £13,779,767 | |
| Operating profit | — | £53,340 | — | -£538,446 | £412,710 | — | -£354,155 | -£87,046 | £260,433 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £53,359 | — | -£541,628 | £410,502 | — | -£361,537 | -£94,498 | £250,626 | |
| Net profit | — | £15,005 | — | -£457,345 | £348,077 | — | -£331,650 | -£94,498 | £176,276 | |
| Cash | — | £40,437 | £40,437 | £94,160 | £3,785 | -£88,343 | £319,032 | £305,892 | £251,529 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,055,941 | — | £1,574,659 | £1,924,815 | — | £1,563,278 | £1,468,780 | £1,719,406 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,004,196 | — | £1,546,851 | £1,894,928 | — | £1,563,278 | £1,468,780 | £1,645,056 | |
| Equity | £1,989,191 | £2,004,196 | £2,004,196 | £1,546,851 | £1,894,928 | £1,894,928 | £1,563,278 | £1,468,780 | £1,645,056 | |
| Average employees | — | 267 | — | 253 | 237 | — | 232 | 245 | 249 | |
| Wages | — | £6,768,185 | — | £6,189,062 | £6,281,450 | — | £6,306,786 | £7,235,663 | £7,635,081 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.2%
£13,949,554 £13,779,767
-
Cash
-17.8%
£305,892 £251,529
-
Net assets
+12%
£1,468,780 £1,645,056
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Employees
+1.6%
245 249
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Operating profit
+399.2%
-£87,046 £260,433
first positive since 2023
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Profit before tax
+365.2%
-£94,498 £250,626
first positive since 2023
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Wages
+5.5%
£7,235,663 £7,635,081
highest in 6 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.4% | — | -6.0% | 3.5% | — | -3.2% | -0.6% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | — | -5.1% | 3.0% | — | -3.0% | -0.7% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.6% | — | -34.2% | 21.4% | — | -22.7% | -5.9% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.33x | 0.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | 99.89x | — | -169.22x | 186.92x | — | -47.98x | -11.39x | 26.56x |
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
- FORDS OF WINSFORD LIMITED 2000-02-16 → present
- FORDS OF HOLMES CHAPEL LIMITED 1986-10-21 → 2000-02-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, current bank balances and facilities and current trading performance, the directors are of the opinion that the Company will be able to meet its debts as they fall due. They have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The business also rents a site at Trafford Park, which it has recently extended and opened in August 2025.”
- “On 24 January 2025 the Company entered into a new leasehold property agreement. The Company is committed to making payments of £240,000 per annum until 31 December 2032.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, Christine Mary | Director | — | Dec 1958 | British |
| FORD, Paul Thomas | Director | — | Oct 1957 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Alison Mary | Secretary | — | 2024-07-15 |
| BELL, Alison Mary | Director | — | 2024-07-15 |
| BELL, Graham | Director | — | 2024-07-15 |
| FORD, Audrey Jean | Director | — | 2008-11-15 |
| FORD, William Vernon | Director | — | 2006-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fords Of Winsford Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-15 | Active |
| Mr Paul Thomas Ford | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-15 |
| Mrs Alison Mary Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.