UK ASSISTANCE ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-43.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£83m
+29.8% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£51m
+88.4% vs 2024
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 | £357,479,000 | £371,857,000 | £352,800,000 | -5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £68,751,000 | £23,179,000 | £49,058,000 | +111.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £73,432,000 | £27,127,000 | £51,107,000 | +88.4% | |
| Net profit | £55,881,000 | £20,405,000 | £38,143,000 | +86.9% | |
| Cash | £1,448,000 | £2,750,000 | £1,558,000 | -43.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £101,838,000 | £73,116,000 | £89,638,000 | +22.6% | |
| Net assets | £93,275,000 | £63,680,000 | £82,628,000 | +29.8% | |
| Equity | £93,275,000 | £63,680,000 | £82,628,000 | +29.8% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 19.2% | 6.2% | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 5.5% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 67.5% | 31.7% | 54.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.3% | 47.9% | 39.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 2.00x | 3.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | 75.26x | — |
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
- UK ASSISTANCE ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRES LIMITED 2004-10-28 → present
- CHURCHILL ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRE LIMITED 1990-12-13 → 2004-10-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months to 11 June 2027 from the date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt, and to consider appropriate, the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Over the course of the next couple of years, the Directors will look to integrate the operations of the Company into Solus (London) Limited ("Solus"), a fellow Group subsidiary that also provides motor vehicle repair services to Group companies and retail customers.”
- “Following its acquisition by Aviva Plc during 2025, the Company's existing auditor, KPMG LLP, resigned to allow the Company to appoint Aviva's auditor, Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVIVA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-07-30 | — | — |
| MOORE, Brian Joseph | Director | 2025-09-26 | Feb 1972 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Darren Wayne | Director | 2023-07-26 | Dec 1970 | British |
| TUBB, Richard Lewis | Director | 2025-11-26 | Nov 1988 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Peter Jeremy | Secretary | 2003-12-31 | 2006-01-21 |
| CASSIDY, Paul Bernard | Secretary | 2002-03-05 | 2003-12-31 |
| CLIFTON, Roger Cheston | Secretary | 2013-09-26 | 2025-07-22 |
| HUTCHINGS, Penelope Ann | Secretary | 2005-04-14 | 2013-09-26 |
| TIMMIS, John Whittome | Secretary | — | 2002-03-05 |
| BATTLEY, John Stephen | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2003-03-26 |
| BRADLEY, Cormac | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2024-05-21 |
| BURROWS, Jessie Josephine | Director | 2019-02-07 | 2023-11-10 |
| CASTLE, Stephen Victor | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2004-12-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Jonathan Alastair | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2013-03-18 |
| DAVIS, Christian Paul | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2011-02-08 |
| FLAHERTY, Michael Patrick | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2006-04-05 |
| FORRESTER, Stuart Robert | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2019-08-01 |
| GEAREY, James Tobin | Director | 2024-06-06 | 2024-11-12 |
| HARDY, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2003-10-31 |
| HORTON, Peter Anthony | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2005-06-10 |
| HOUGHTON, Richard David | Director | 2004-12-31 | 2007-01-22 |
| LONG, Martin Paul | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
| MADDOCK, Steven | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2021-12-16 |
| MILLINER, Martin Paul | Director | 2024-10-29 | 2025-08-27 |
| MORTON, Craig Euan | Director | 2013-06-05 | 2016-06-17 |
| NASH, Robert Paul | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2006-06-01 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Paul | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2023-12-31 |
| O'MURCHU, Helen Clare | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2025-11-27 |
| SMITH, Edward John Gerard | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2010-01-12 |
| SULLIVAN, Christopher Paul | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2009-07-31 |
| TIMMIS, John Whittome | Director | 1996-02-27 | 2003-03-26 |
| TRELOAR, Stephen | Director | 2010-01-12 | 2010-06-19 |
| WEEKS, Christopher, Mr. | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2014-10-22 |
| WOOLGROVE, Thomas | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2011-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Line Insurance Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-08 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-08 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-08 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-08 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.