SEXTON HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£267K
-75.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-5.2% vs 2023
Employees
204
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£343K
-149.6% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £117,741,000 | £127,214,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,390,000 | £705,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £691,000 | -£343,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £447,000 | -£302,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,080,000 | £267,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,511,000 | £11,193,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,969,000 | £6,609,000 | |
| Equity | £1,390,000 | £6,969,000 | £6,609,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 201 | 204 | |
| Wages | — | £6,882,000 | £7,064,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £127,000 | £132,000 |
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
+8%
£117,741,000 £127,214,000
-
Cash
-75.3%
£1,080,000 £267,000
-
Net assets
-5.2%
£6,969,000 £6,609,000
-
Employees
+1.5%
201 204
-
Operating profit
-49.3%
£1,390,000 £705,000
-
Profit before tax
-149.6%
£691,000 -£343,000
-
Wages
+2.6%
£6,882,000 £7,064,000
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.2% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.4% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 12.1% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 80.0% | 83.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.96x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.96x | 0.67x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SEXTON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2008-08-05 → present
- LIBRA PROJECTS LIMITED 2002-07-04 → 2008-08-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- SEXTON HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Azur Auto Limited 1%
- Birchwood Intermediate Limited 0.6%
- Birchwood Motor Group Limited 0.6%
- Axtell Automobile Associates Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The industry experienced a significant downturn in the retail car market in the second half of 2024.”
- “The Hastings site suffered as a major road network development started in the Spring which severely affected all volumes at the site.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEXTON, Ian Kenneth | Secretary | 2002-07-04 | — | British |
| NEWTON, John Stephen | Director | 2021-04-20 | Jul 1966 | British |
| SEXTON, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2002-07-04 | Oct 1956 | British |
| SEXTON, Lisa | Director | 2002-07-04 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-07-04 | 2002-07-04 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-07-04 | 2002-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Kenneth Sexton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Lisa Sexton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-07-06 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary 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
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.