NEWMANS (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
-99.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-1.2% vs 2023
Employees
15
-6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£17K
-104.7% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,913,494 | £13,170,329 | |
| Operating profit | — | £413,442 | £47,094 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £354,317 | -£16,520 | |
| Net profit | — | £268,961 | -£22,835 | |
| Cash | — | £235,993 | £2,090 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,900,065 | £1,913,258 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,888,209 | £1,865,374 | |
| Equity | £1,619,248 | £1,888,209 | £1,865,374 | |
| Average employees | — | 16 | 15 | |
| Wages | — | £648,558 | £585,033 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
-5.3%
£13,913,494 £13,170,329
-
Cash
-99.1%
£235,993 £2,090
-
Net assets
-1.2%
£1,888,209 £1,865,374
-
Employees
-6.3%
16 15
-
Operating profit
-88.6%
£413,442 £47,094
-
Profit before tax
-104.7%
£354,317 -£16,520
-
Wages
-9.8%
£648,558 £585,033
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 | — | 3.0% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.9% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 21.8% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.00x | 1.87x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.23x | 0.73x |
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
- NEWMANS (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED 2004-02-04 → present
- MOUNTAIN LAW LIMITED 2004-01-09 → 2004-02-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore (South) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result, the directors believe that the company will be able to continue in business and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company just failed to breakeven in the financial year, as it was impacted by new product availability as a single franchise Suzuki dealership. The manufacturer restricted internal combustion engine product in order to minimise their exposure to the ZEV mandate.”
- “2025 will see the launch of new hybrid models which will result in the franchise being less restricted for new vehicles.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Catherine | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| NOBES, Michael Ronald | Director | 2020-03-31 | Jan 1962 | British |
| NOBES, Samuel Jonathan | Director | 2020-03-31 | Jul 1987 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Guy | Secretary | 2005-07-15 | 2008-12-19 |
| FOSTER, Louise Jane | Secretary | 2008-12-19 | 2010-10-01 |
| HALE, Nikki | Secretary | 2010-10-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| NEWMAN, Cynthia | Secretary | 2004-01-09 | 2005-07-15 |
| FOSTER, Guy | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2020-03-31 |
| NEWMAN, Cynthia | Director | 2004-01-09 | 2005-07-15 |
| NEWMAN, Robert Guy | Director | 2004-01-09 | 2005-07-15 |
| NEWMAN, Roger James | Director | 2004-01-09 | 2005-07-15 |
| ROWLES, Garry David | Director | 2016-02-19 | 2020-03-31 |
| TICKNER, Christopher | Director | 2005-07-15 | 2008-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Cars Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Guy Foster | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-07-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-05-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.