MARRIOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
+1.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
+0.9% vs 2023
Employees
390
+0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£287K
-72.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £199,092,331 | £196,682,485 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,387,760 | £1,310,480 | -45.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,057,891 | £286,977 | -72.9% | |
| Net profit | £727,557 | £171,869 | -76.4% | |
| Cash | £2,293,879 | £2,328,347 | +1.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,589,477 | £20,803,277 | +1% | |
| Net assets | £18,250,493 | £18,422,362 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £18,250,493 | £18,422,362 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 387 | 390 | +0.8% | |
| Wages | £12,830,158 | £13,411,205 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £273,305 | £265,257 | -2.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.6% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 1.72x | 0.91x |
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
- MARRIOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2000-09-05 → present
- PRETTY 556 LIMITED 2000-08-08 → 2000-09-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MARRIOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Benefer Limited 100%
- Bennett Motor Company Limited 100%
- Bristo's Limited 100%
- Marriott Motor Group Limited 100%
- Northgate Motors Limited 100%
- O.G. Barnard and Sons Limited 100%
- Stanwell Boston Limited 100%
- Walkers of Kings Lynn Limited 100%
- Waveney Limited 100%
- Wolsey Ipswich Limited 100%
- XGCO Limited 100%
- Yardminster Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As part of its focus on operating from a reduced footprint to maximise site utilisation and efficiency, the Volkswagen Authorised Repairer site in Stowmarket was closed at the end of the year, with the activities being absorbed into neighbouring full centre operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNARD, Paul Gerald | Secretary | 2006-05-26 | — | British |
| BARNARD, Paul Gerald | Director | 2005-06-23 | Apr 1978 | British |
| BARNARD, Ross Harley | Director | 2023-07-31 | Oct 1971 | English |
| BRIDGES, Steven Anthony | Director | 2015-12-22 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Andrew Lawrence Kennedy | Secretary | 2000-09-05 | 2001-02-26 |
| LAWSON, George Richard | Secretary | 2001-02-26 | 2006-02-04 |
| WAINE, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2000-08-08 | 2000-09-05 |
| BARNARD, Harley John | Director | 2000-09-05 | 2022-09-28 |
| BARNARD, Philip James | Director | 2000-09-05 | 2002-07-26 |
| CARTER, Andrew Lawrence Kennedy | Director | 2000-09-05 | 2002-02-28 |
| HAMMOND, Timothy Patrick Eaton | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2012-12-31 |
| RICHARDS, Clare Margaret | Director | 2000-08-08 | 2000-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Samantha Wilkins | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-08-06 | Ceased 2025-08-08 |
| Mr Ross Harley Barnard | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-01 | Active |
| Mr Harley John Barnard | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-22 |
| Mr Paul Gerald Barnard | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-14 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-08-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.