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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-28 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

+64% vs 2024

Net assets

£1M

-45.2% lowest in 6 filed years

Employees

79

+9.7% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

-9% vs 2024

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £4,708,305£7,857,770£10,165,816£10,985,268
Operating profit £930,713£2,119,011£1,969,382£1,833,632
Profit before tax £935,179£2,119,488£2,605,273£2,749,808£2,078,840£1,892,776
Net profit £758,489£1,717,907£2,108,062£2,113,069£1,556,829£1,419,607
Cash £826,681£5,067,283£8,294,555£1,554,230£2,347,347£3,850,239
Total assets less current liabilities £1,646,194£2,864,101£4,222,163£4,585,232£2,392,061£1,311,668
Net assets £2,392,061£1,311,668
Equity £1,646,194£2,864,101£4,222,163£4,585,232£2,392,061£1,311,668
Average employees 424753657279
Wages £2,512,257£2,962,859£3,169,384£3,621,951
Directors' remuneration £352,730£273,582£202,374£100,534

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 19.8%27.0%19.4%16.7%
Net margin 16.1%21.9%15.3%12.9%
Return on capital employed 56.5%74.0%82.3%139.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 61.2%77.3%
Current ratio 1.61x1.27x
Interest cover 195.67x

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. AUTOROLA LTD 2010-03-04 → present
  2. AUTOROLA GLOBAL REMARKETING LIMITED 2006-08-21 → 2010-03-04
  3. R. L. POLK GLOBAL REMARKETING LTD 2003-06-18 → 2006-08-21
  4. GLOBAL REMARKETING LIMITED 1997-05-16 → 2003-06-18

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Afford Bond Holdings Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 25 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GROFTEHAUGE, Peter Secretary 2006-07-31 Danish
FROST, Neil David Director 2012-12-10 Feb 1977 British
GROFTEHAUGE, Peter Director 2006-07-31 Nov 1966 Danish
Show 25 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DEACON, David Anthony Secretary 2002-01-14 2002-08-30
KERR, James Thompson Secretary 1997-05-16 2000-11-13
MAGRATH, Patrick Edward Secretary 2000-11-13 2001-07-20
SMITH, Philip John Secretary 2001-07-20 2002-01-14
TUTT, Anne Catherine Secretary 2004-12-17 2005-11-18
WARREN, Louise Ann Secretary 2002-08-30 2004-12-17
HALCO SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2006-01-03 2006-07-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1997-05-16 1997-05-16
BUSBY, Terence John Director 2002-11-01 2004-03-31
CROCKER, Michael Director 2006-07-31 2009-04-18
EGGLESTON, Philip Andrew Director 2003-04-01 2004-08-18
FLEISCHHAUER, Todd Barry Director 2005-11-15 2006-07-31
HAWKINS, Mark Richard Director 2007-07-01 2009-04-18
KERR, James Thompson Director 1997-05-16 2002-07-31
LARSEN, Peter Bisgaard Director 2014-09-10 2021-02-01
MITCHELL, Jonathan Scott Director 2012-12-10 2024-12-31
MOLTRUP, Claus Andresen Director 2009-02-03 2014-09-10
PERSSON, Erik Director 2007-07-01 2009-02-03
POLK, Stephen Roland Director 2001-06-18 2006-07-31
RAWLS, Kendra Lynn Director 2005-11-15 2006-07-31
SMITH, Philip John Director 2000-11-13 2002-12-04
THOMPSON, John Neville Director 1997-05-16 2002-05-31
TUTT, Anne Catherine Director 2003-10-20 2005-11-18
WADE, Malcolm Stewart Director 2003-03-24 2004-08-18
WALKER, Joseph Vincent Director 2004-08-02 2006-07-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Peter Groftehauge Individual Significant influence 2017-05-01 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 140 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-05-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-16 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2025-02-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-01-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-05-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-05-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-04-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-04-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-03-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2022-05-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-02-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2021-05-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-02-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-02-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-05-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-05-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-03-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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