ENDEAVOUR AUTOMOTIVE LTD
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Cash
£1.6m
-72.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+0.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
436
+5.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£222k
-13.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £269,260,082 | £238,143,893 | £277,153,826 | +16.4% | |
| Operating profit | £5,520,642 | £3,060,352 | £3,871,706 | +26.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,117,993 | £255,816 | £222,026 | -13.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,283,343 | £75,212 | £110,575 | +47% | |
| Cash | £5,030,822 | £5,705,317 | £1,592,430 | -72.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,700,581 | £20,652,136 | £20,022,873 | -3% | |
| Net assets | £12,929,588 | £13,004,800 | £13,115,375 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £12,929,588 | £13,004,800 | £13,115,375 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 404 | 412 | 436 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £14,436,208 | £15,379,134 | £16,814,985 | +9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £484,214 | £1,110,548 | £1,223,351 | +10.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £5,036 | £7,517 | £7,631 | +1.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £202,386 | £416,126 | £471,418 | +13.3% |
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 | 2.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.7% | 14.8% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.1% | 87.8% | 86.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.99x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 2.30x | 1.09x | 1.06x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ENDEAVOUR AUTOMOTIVE LTD · parent
- Regent Automotive Holdings Limited 100%
- Vernon Haddock Cars Limited 100%
- Regent Automotive Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, Lotus switched from a Direct to Consumer (DTC) back to a wholesale model.”
- “The company has a commitment at the reporting date totalling £734,829 (2024: £nil) on the remainder of the build for Letchworth Volvo.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHACKLETON, Andrew | Secretary | 2014-09-12 | — | British |
| CANEY, John Russell | Director | 2012-04-27 | Oct 1969 | British |
| CANEY, Rebecca Kate | Director | 2021-12-06 | Jul 1970 | British |
| MURKETT, Alex | Director | 2023-12-01 | Dec 1986 | British |
| SHACKLETON, Andrew David | Director | 2014-09-01 | May 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAMHAM, Nicholas John | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2017-11-10 |
| COLEMAN, Stuart | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-04-20 |
| DICK, Andrew Francis | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2024-06-22 |
| GORE, Andrew | Director | 2023-12-01 | 2026-06-16 |
| LEWIS, Jonathan | Director | 2012-04-27 | 2014-07-21 |
| WALLINGTON, Adrian | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2021-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew David Shackleton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-04-18 | Active |
| Mr John Russell Caney | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.