NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£41
-99.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.8m
+2.3% vs 2024
Employees
42
-12.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£240k
+143.8% 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 | £41,007,170 | £42,026,309 | £43,989,097 | +4.7% | |
| Operating profit | £416,949 | -£328,698 | £515,858 | +256.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £230,748 | -£548,064 | £240,072 | +143.8% | |
| Net profit | £146,068 | -£389,058 | £177,435 | +145.6% | |
| Cash | £204,078 | £18,168 | £41 | -99.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,520,891 | £8,195,059 | £8,430,347 | +2.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,896,261 | £7,648,586 | £7,826,021 | +2.3% | |
| Equity | £7,896,261 | £7,648,586 | £7,826,021 | +2.3% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 48 | 42 | -12.5% | |
| Wages | £1,475,765 | £1,863,466 | £1,726,977 | -7.3% | |
| 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. 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 | 1.0% | -0.8% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.9% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | -4.0% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.2% | 53.6% | 58.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.33x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 2.24x | -1.49x | 1.87x |
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
- NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 1987-04-28 → present
- NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1987-04-08 → 1987-04-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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
- NORFOLK MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- N.M.G. (Services) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLDEN, Timothy Peter | Director | 2019-04-03 | Feb 1979 | British |
| JOHNSON, Sean Robert | Director | 2020-06-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEY, Christopher William | Secretary | 2015-07-22 | 2019-04-03 |
| HEWITT, Patricia Mary Ann | Secretary | — | 2004-01-23 |
| SUTTON, Jeremy Thomas | Secretary | 2004-01-23 | 2015-07-22 |
| HEWITT, John Raymond | Director | — | 2019-04-03 |
| HEWITT, Patricia Mary Ann | Director | — | 2007-05-25 |
| HEWITT, Paul Raymond | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2019-04-03 |
| HEWITT, Paul Raymond | Director | 1993-04-30 | 1995-08-31 |
| LONG, Grant | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2019-04-03 |
| LONG, Sara Jane | Director | 1999-08-09 | 2019-04-03 |
| WILCOCK, Gavin Croft | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2023-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holden & Holden Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-03 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Peter Holden | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-01 | Active |
| Mr John Raymond Hewitt | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | 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 full | |
| 2021-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.