DRIFT BRIDGE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2M
-16.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
-2.3% vs 2024
Employees
310
-5.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£303K
+25.9% vs 2024
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 | — | £157,351,529 | £127,864,562 | -18.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,073,358 | £1,000,295 | -6.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £240,971 | £303,473 | +25.9% | |
| Net profit | — | £127,427 | £205,674 | +61.4% | |
| Cash | — | £2,374,593 | £1,977,455 | -16.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £736,124 | £13,123,395 | £12,829,069 | -2.2% | |
| Net assets | £359,914 | £12,525,101 | £12,230,775 | -2.3% | |
| Equity | £359,914 | £12,525,101 | £12,230,775 | -2.3% | |
| Average employees | 327 | 329 | 310 | -5.8% | |
| Wages | — | £11,614,895 | £11,074,557 | -4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £184,685 | £176,138 | -4.6% |
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 | — | 0.7% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.2% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.33x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.25x | 1.38x |
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... have concluded that it remains appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DRIFT BRIDGE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Drift Bridge Garage Limited 100%
- London South TPS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “the closure in October 2024 of our Croydon Mazda, and the move away from traditional retailing to the agency model of our franchise partner, Honda, and a softening of demand for used cars as the car manufacturers aggressively market new cars with strong retail offers particularly through the use of finance deposit contributions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FROST, Edwin John | Director | 2015-10-02 | May 1939 | British |
| FROST, Robert Charles | Director | 2021-12-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FROST, Michael Vernon | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2021-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Charles Frost | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-04-19 | Active |
| Mr Michael Vernon Frost | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Edwin John Frost | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.