SHERWOODS MOTOR GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7m
Equity attributable
Employees
153
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £96,400,704 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,495,648 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,008,383 | — | |
| Net profit | £753,474 | — | |
| Cash | £1,521,278 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,407,900 | — | |
| Net assets | £7,033,189 | — | |
| Equity | £7,033,189 | — | |
| Average employees | 153 | — | |
| Wages | £4,966,770 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,737 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,610 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 3.05x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SHERWOODS MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 2018-12-10 → present
- SHERWOODS (DARLINGTON) LIMITED 1994-02-01 → 2018-12-10
- EQUALMUSIC TRADING LIMITED 1993-11-29 → 1994-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELVIDGE, Christopher David | Director | 2018-03-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
| MACCONACHIE, Simon Robert Allan | Director | 2017-03-22 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELGEY, Catherine Jean | Secretary | 1994-01-11 | 1994-01-11 |
| SMITH, Kevin John | Secretary | 2018-05-23 | 2020-07-31 |
| MOTORS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-01-12 | 2018-05-23 |
| MOTORS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-12-17 | 1994-01-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-11-29 | 1993-12-17 |
| LORD, Frank Douglas | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2017-02-21 |
| MACCONACHIE, Alasdair | Director | 1994-01-11 | 2024-12-25 |
| PRICE, Ron | Director | 2019-08-07 | 2021-11-30 |
| SMITH, Kevin John | Director | 2018-04-11 | 2020-07-31 |
| SOUTHERN, Philip | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2018-01-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-11-29 | 1993-12-17 |
| MOTORS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-12-17 | 2018-05-23 |
| MOTORS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-12-17 | 1994-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwoods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-02-11 | Active |
| Mr Alasdair Macconachie | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-11 |
| General Motors Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2020-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
last 12 months
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