SOVEREIGN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Cash
£98
-64.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.7k
+3.9% vs 2024
Employees
136
-4.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£246
+1,125% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £25,449,000 | £24,341 | £21,993 | -9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,034,000 | £61 | £335 | +449.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,970,000 | -£24 | £246 | +1,125% | |
| Net profit | £2,700,000 | -£17 | £288 | +1,794.1% | |
| Cash | £138,000 | £277 | £98 | -64.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,302,000 | £7,995 | £8,141 | +1.8% | |
| Net assets | £7,420,000 | £7,403 | £7,691 | +3.9% | |
| Equity | £7,420,000 | £7,403 | £7,691 | +3.9% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 142 | 136 | -4.2% | |
| Wages | £3,850,000 | £3,843 | £3,769 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £394,000 | £406 | £324 | -20.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,000 | £26 | £23 | -11.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £195,000 | £201 | £179 | -10.9% |
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 | 8.0% | 0.3% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.6% | -0.1% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.5% | 0.8% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.4% | 80.8% | 77.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.21x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 31.78x | 0.72x | 3.76x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors have formed a judgement that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2026, ExamWorks UK Limited sold the Kindertons Group (of which Sovereign Automotive Limited is a subsidiary) to Kindertons Investments Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILHAM, Andrew | Director | 2024-12-13 | Aug 1990 | British |
| HARMAN, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2019-03-21 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Caroline Emily Elizabeth | Secretary | 2019-05-24 | 2026-01-01 |
| BILHAM, Martin Craig | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-12-13 |
| BILHAM, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2010-06-20 | 2026-06-30 |
| BUCHANAN, Craig | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2010-01-19 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Neil Lithgow | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2018-12-20 |
| JOHNSON, Stephen Philip | Director | 2010-06-20 | 2015-01-09 |
| LATHAM, Christopher John | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2017-02-28 |
| MCDONALD, Rob | Director | 2020-01-08 | 2020-09-15 |
| MEHTA, Paresh Kumar Ramanlal | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2010-06-20 |
| PATEL, Dilip | Director | 2010-06-20 | 2016-04-08 |
| WARD, Nigel James | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2019-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindertons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.