WILMOTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
Cash
£335K
+157.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-11% vs 2023
Employees
189
+2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£512K
+52.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The company continues to benefit from the support of their bankers and has completed a restructure of its facilities. However in the event that reasonable and plausible downside scenarios materialise and in the absence of successful mitigating actions then further financing may be required to meet the company's cash requirements which is not guaranteed. These events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore it may not be able to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £92,524,394 | £86,862,232 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£827,008 | -£259,553 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,068,851 | -£512,076 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£1,327,272 | -£518,060 | |
| Cash | — | -£3,017,920 | £130,375 | £335,174 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £6,517,191 | £4,659,428 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £4,703,179 | £4,184,619 | |
| Equity | -£525,584 | -£1,007,755 | £4,703,179 | £4,184,619 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 185 | 189 | |
| Wages | — | — | £6,123,815 | £6,468,586 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £141,738 | £243,236 |
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
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Turnover
-6.1%
£92,524,394 £86,862,232
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Cash
+157.1%
£130,375 £335,174
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-11%
£4,703,179 £4,184,619
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Employees
+2.2%
185 189
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Operating profit
+68.6%
-£827,008 -£259,553
-
Profit before tax
+52.1%
-£1,068,851 -£512,076
-
Wages
+5.6%
£6,123,815 £6,468,586
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -0.9% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -1.4% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -12.7% | -5.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.76x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -3.03x | -1.03x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The company continues to benefit from the support of their bankers and has completed a restructure of its facilities. However in the event that reasonable and plausible downside scenarios materialise and in the absence of successful mitigating actions then further financing may be required to meet the company's cash requirements which is not guaranteed. These events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore it may not be able to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.”
Group structure
- WILMOTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Jarretts Motors Limited 100%
- NMC Sportif Limited 60%
- Standset Limited 100%
- Freeborn Garages Limited 100%
- Special Vehicle Projects Limited 100%
- Freeborn Hyundai Limited 100%
- SE Thomas Limited 100%
- Romahome Limited 100%
- Freeborn Motorhomes Limited 100%
- Wilmoths (St Lucia) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Management are expecting 2025 to show improved profitability due to further improved aftersales performance, better used vehicle margins and the beginning of lifting of new vehicle supply constraints later in the year from both Citroen and FIAT.”
- “The company and group are set to benefit from the sale of investment property and the lowering of interest rates in the year.”
- “During 2025 two further FIAT facilities are to be added within existing facilites and two additional Peugeot Aftersales contracts. Winchester Citroen has been closed in the year.”
- “The directors are looking to increase representation with other manufacturers within their existing operations and marketing for sale of sites with no further operational use.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, subsidiaries Freeborn Motorhomes Limited, Romahome Limited, Special Vehicle Projects Limited, Freeborn Hyundai Limited and S E Thomas Limited were dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILMOTH, Zoe | Secretary | 2002-10-11 | — | British |
| FROUDE, Duncan Charles | Director | 2002-10-11 | Jun 1967 | British |
| WILMOTH, James Jason | Director | 2002-10-11 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-10-11 | 2002-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Jason Wilmoth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-22 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2024-02-27 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-12 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-01 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2021-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.