STEPHEN JAMES (AUTOMOTIVE) LIMITED

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  Annual accounts overdue

  Due 2025-12-31.

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

• Turnover

  -5.4%

  £258,468,049 → £244,452,992

• Cash

  +1,468.6%

  £309,315 → £4,851,896

• Net assets

  +27.8%

  £13,404,020 → £17,124,137

• Employees

  +11.2%

  366 → 407

• Operating profit

  -35.1%

  £10,153,415 → £6,594,004

• Profit before tax

  -45.9%

  £9,215,339 → £4,988,117

• Wages

  +11.9%

  £14,614,209 → £16,358,675

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

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.

1. STEPHEN JAMES (AUTOMOTIVE) LIMITED 2015-09-15 → present
2. WENTWORTH NEWCO LIMITED 2015-08-18 → 2015-09-15

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

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 company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “UK car registrations for 2023 saw a 17.8% growth from 2022 at 1,903,054 (2022: 1,615,063).”
• “2023 registrations represented a reduction of 17.7% from their peak in 2019.”
• “The UK entered a recession in the second half of 2023.”
• “The company experienced a reduction in demand as a result with a reduction in turnover and profitability when compared to the prior year.”
• “In February 2024 the Finance Conduct Authority requested the suspension of the sale of GAP insurance product to retail customers. This has not had a material impact on the Company's profitability.”
• “In 2024 the company is refurbishing its Ruxley facilities to meet current brand standards. It is further investing in a bodyshop facility adjoining its Woolwich BMW and MINI retail outlet.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

1

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.