HAZELWOOD MOTOR COMPANY LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-10 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
-21.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
+29.4% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
699
+2% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£9M
+306.4% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £251,072,000 | £286,792,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£2,479,000 | £9,246,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£4,197,000 | £8,664,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£3,665,000 | £6,343,000 | |
| Cash | £236,371 | £511,789 | £389,311 | £13,507,000 | £10,602,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,568,002 | £7,429,114 | £9,132,235 | £21,608,000 | £28,072,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £21,608,000 | £27,951,000 | |
| Equity | £8,568,002 | £7,429,114 | £9,132,235 | £21,608,000 | £27,951,000 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | 4 | 685 | 699 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £21,180,000 | £21,442,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £1,001,000 | £1,078,000 |
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
+14.2%
£251,072,000 £286,792,000
-
Cash
-21.5%
£13,507,000 £10,602,000
-
Net assets
+29.4%
£21,608,000 £27,951,000
-
Employees
+2%
685 699
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+473%
-£2,479,000 £9,246,000
-
Profit before tax
+306.4%
-£4,197,000 £8,664,000
-
Wages
+1.2%
£21,180,000 £21,442,000
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -1.0% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -1.5% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -11.5% | 32.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 77.7% | 62.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.23x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -1.44x | 13.48x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will have sufficient funds available to enable it to continue to trade for at least 12 months from the signing of these accounts. In making their assessment that this assumption is correct the directors have undertaken an in-depth review of the business, its current prospects, and cash resources as set out below. After due consideration of these 2024 results plus forecasts for 2025 and 2026 together with the strong cash position, the directors consider that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and for this reason the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HAZELWOOD MOTOR COMPANY LTD · parent
- City West Country Limited 0.51%
- Carparison Limited 1%
- Tangelo Motor Company Limited 0.51%
- Snap Automotive Limited 0.51%
- BYD South West Limited 0.51%
- GWM South West Limited 0.51%
Significant events
- “During the year the company acquired an additional Mercedes Benz LCV franchise in the South West to supplement and expand its existing operations.”
- “The group also invested further in the transition to the carbon neutral motor trade by increasing its relationship with BYD and exploring additional relationships with other OEM's.”
- “On 3 June 2024, the company acquired the Mercedes Benz LCV franchise in Exeter.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WICKINS, Anthony John | Director | 2012-09-28 | Mar 1951 | British |
| WICKINS, Joanne | Director | 2012-09-13 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WICKINS, Michael Anthony | Director | 2012-09-13 | Oct 1970 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINCENT, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2021-10-29 | 2024-06-30 |
| RUSSELL, David Wallace | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2016-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Joanne Wickins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Anthony John Wickins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Michael Anthony Wickins | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-11-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-06-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-07-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.