WORCESTER CARSALES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Operating from the T Wall Garages site in the West Midlands, this holding company is primarily engaged in head office activities and commercial real estate letting.
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Cash
£5.4m
+40.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£32m
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
326
-3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £163,870,080 | £162,795,863 | £172,194,865 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,144,040 | £2,757,329 | £3,138,614 | +13.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,900,952 | £2,497,866 | £2 | -100% | |
| Net profit | £1,127,303 | £1,662,065 | — | — | |
| Cash | £3,242,980 | £3,821,256 | £5,370,433 | +40.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,946,257 | £30,666,660 | £32,742,705 | +6.8% | |
| Net assets | £28,636,232 | £30,168,297 | £32,227,252 | +6.8% | |
| Equity | £28,636,232 | £30,168,297 | £32,227,252 | +6.8% | |
| Average employees | 349 | 336 | 326 | -3% | |
| Wages | £10,655,185 | £11,473,037 | £12,167,339 | +6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,118,410 | £781,904 | £594,129 | -24% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,734 | £3,953 | £3,953 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £469,610 | £340,417 | £253,800 | -25.4% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 1.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | 9.0% | 9.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.0% | 37.6% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.91x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | 6.08x | 6.60x | 10.19x |
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
- WORCESTER CARSALES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2009-03-31 → present
- MFG COMPANY FORMATIONS 72 LIMITED 2008-03-04 → 2009-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- WORCESTER CARSALES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Worcester Carsales Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the year end, on 5 April 2026, two shareholders, transferred their shares in the company into The Stuart Paul Grieveson Discretionary Trust. As a result of these transfers, the trust become the ultimate controlling party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIEVESON, Stuart Paul | Secretary | 2011-03-17 | — | British |
| GRIEVESON, Alexandra Lilian | Director | 2011-06-01 | Oct 1981 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Frances Eleanor Marion | Director | 2010-01-26 | Aug 1955 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Oliver | Director | 2018-05-23 | Jan 1988 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Stephen James | Director | 2019-03-07 | Jul 1986 | British |
| GRIEVESON, Stuart Paul | Director | 2010-01-26 | Aug 1953 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAGDEV, Jasprit | Secretary | 2008-03-04 | 2008-06-25 |
| MORGAN, John Benedict | Secretary | 2008-06-24 | 2011-03-17 |
| COPSEY, Peter Bernard | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2010-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Frances Eleanor Marion Grieveson | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2026-04-05 | Active |
| Mr Stuart Paul Grieveson | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.