DACE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£657k
highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£5.1m
Equity attributable
Employees
102
highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
Period ending 2025-11-30
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Manchester's Dace Motor Group extends its reporting year and logs £128m in turnover. 🚗
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,935,517 | £61,377,443 | £72,753,440 | £65,837,498 | £67,999,244 | £128,048,420 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,360,760 | £1,738,767 | £1,238,137 | £1,049,185 | £1,955,499 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £952,093 | £2,283,868 | £1,648,622 | £1,026,571 | £569,912 | £1,212,103 | — | |
| Net profit | £746,155 | £1,827,015 | £1,307,781 | £747,283 | £398,030 | £902,780 | — | |
| Cash | £264 | £264 | £264 | £264 | £264 | £656,834 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,590,009 | £5,827,512 | £5,900,814 | £6,145,773 | £8,451,425 | £7,706,002 | — | |
| Net assets | £4,775,384 | £5,135,399 | £5,352,180 | £5,498,463 | £5,310,493 | £5,136,773 | — | |
| Equity | £4,775,384 | £5,135,399 | £5,352,180 | £5,498,463 | £5,310,493 | £5,136,773 | — | |
| Average employees | 97 | 97 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 102 | — | |
| Wages | £2,764,133 | £3,045,575 | £3,223,221 | £3,043,189 | £3,184,925 | £5,804,966 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £20,563 | £23,020 | £19,307 | £22,298 | £22,569 | £34,187 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £3,846 | £3,846 | £5,769 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 18 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.8% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 40.5% | 29.5% | 20.1% | 12.4% | 25.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.7% | 50.8% | 52.1% | 63.1% | 66.3% | 68.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.95x | 1.23x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | — | 30.70x | 19.29x | 5.85x | 2.19x | 2.63x |
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
- DACE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 2003-05-23 → present
- DACE MOTORS LIMITED 2003-05-15 → 2003-05-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DACE, Stephanie | Secretary | 2019-07-15 | — | — |
| DACE, Steven Francis | Director | 2003-05-15 | May 1974 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRCH, Stephanie | Secretary | 2003-05-15 | 2003-05-15 |
| DACE, Frank Stephen | Secretary | 2003-05-15 | 2019-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven Francis Dace | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-07-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.