BEN HODGSON CARS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£852K
+30.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+11.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
11
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+1.6% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £17,810,188 | £15,991,087 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,009,933 | £1,012,902 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,005,397 | £1,021,034 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £744,907 | £767,611 | |
| Cash | £390,912 | £726,750 | £769,964 | £665,972 | £654,631 | £851,913 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,442,129 | £3,242,542 | £4,059,613 | £4,581,645 | £5,374,889 | £5,952,263 | |
| Net assets | £2,166,393 | £2,935,818 | £3,940,641 | £4,536,396 | £5,241,303 | £5,838,224 | |
| Equity | £2,166,393 | £2,935,818 | £3,940,641 | £4,536,396 | £5,241,303 | £5,838,224 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £189,604 | £219,495 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £12,826 | £10,648 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-10.2%
£17,810,188 £15,991,087
-
Cash
+30.1%
£654,631 £851,913
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+11.4%
£5,241,303 £5,838,224
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
0%
11 11
-
Operating profit
+0.3%
£1,009,933 £1,012,902
-
Profit before tax
+1.6%
£1,005,397 £1,021,034
-
Wages
+15.8%
£189,604 £219,495
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 5.7% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 18.8% | 17.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.25x | 5.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 54.70x | 68.44x |
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
- BEN HODGSON CARS LIMITED 2008-05-19 → present
- BEN HODGSON QUALITY CAR SALES LIMITED 2007-05-30 → 2008-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- David Allen
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 company'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.”
Significant events
- “Despite the difficulties posed by the cost of living crisis and the decrease in turnover the financial results of the business have continued to show an improvement in profits over the previous year.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONE, Rebecca Jayne | Secretary | 2007-05-30 | — | British |
| HODGSON, Benjamin Ian | Director | 2007-05-30 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLIDAY, Roy Andrew | Director | 2017-07-24 | 2017-12-13 |
| PARK, Ian | Director | 2007-05-30 | 2007-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Benjamin Ian Hodgson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.