VW HERITAGE PARTS CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£528K
+12.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-3.4% vs 2023
Employees
65
-4.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£202K
-189.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,599,889 | £12,075,918 | — | — | £12,276,298 | £12,916,287 | |
| Operating profit | £663,861 | £310,133 | — | — | -£159,568 | -£196,996 | |
| Profit before tax | £696,581 | £299,705 | £270,940 | £635,909 | -£69,991 | -£202,470 | |
| Net profit | £574,081 | £257,510 | £242,757 | £533,278 | £34,659 | -£154,470 | |
| Cash | £430,604 | £1,208,771 | £233,482 | £465,130 | £467,940 | £527,940 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,973,565 | £4,160,075 | £4,334,732 | £4,697,810 | £4,619,969 | £4,405,499 | |
| Net assets | £3,729,265 | £3,836,775 | £4,079,532 | £4,490,310 | £4,524,969 | £4,370,499 | |
| Equity | £3,729,265 | £3,836,775 | £4,079,532 | £4,490,310 | £4,524,969 | £4,370,499 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 76 | 78 | 71 | 68 | 65 | |
| Wages | £2,006,023 | £2,196,557 | £2,230,949 | £2,149,398 | £2,118,768 | £1,946,718 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £262,500 | £262,203 | £262,500 | £280,000 | £131,250 | £0 |
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
-
Turnover
+5.2%
£12,276,298 £12,916,287
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+12.8%
£467,940 £527,940
-
Net assets
-3.4%
£4,524,969 £4,370,499
-
Employees
-4.4%
68 65
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-23.5%
-£159,568 -£196,996
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-189.3%
-£69,991 -£202,470
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
-8.1%
£2,118,768 £1,946,718
lowest 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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 2.6% | — | — | -1.3% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 2.1% | — | — | 0.3% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.7% | 7.5% | — | — | -3.5% | -4.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.43x | 3.03x | |
| Interest cover | 37.78x | 27.85x | — | — | -12.63x | -20.64x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have considered relevant information, including the company's principal risks and uncertainties, the annual budget, forecast future cash flows and the impact of subsequent events in making their assessment. Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty in relation to the appropriateness of continuing to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- VW HERITAGE PARTS CENTRE LIMITED · parent
- Big Boys Toys Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has had considerable challenges related to the UK leaving the EU in December 2020. The company invested in a distribution centre in Germany which has mitigated a large amount of the loss of sales risk however it has substantially increased the running costs for the business and added operational complexity.”
- “The increased cost of living including mortgage rates, food and energy has impacted spending habits of consumers and the directors are monitoring sales and market sentiment in order to act quickly should there be a downturn in the short to mid-term and possible recession in the coming months. The directors are making plans for such outcomes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATES, Guy Robert William | Secretary | 2022-03-24 | — | — |
| DINES, Barnaby Ross | Director | 2005-02-21 | Feb 1975 | British |
| HOWARD, Paul | Director | 2005-02-21 | Nov 1974 | British |
| RICKARD, Mark | Director | 2005-02-21 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWADEN, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 1997-01-15 | 2017-09-28 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-18 | 1997-01-15 |
| SWADEN, Nicola Jane | Director | 1997-01-15 | 2017-09-28 |
| WARD, David William | Director | 1997-01-15 | 2017-09-28 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-12-18 | 1997-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vw Heritage Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-07-11 | Active |
| Ms Nicola Jane Swaden | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-07-11 |
| Mr David William Ward | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-07-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
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.