WAYLANDS AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
+38.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
+34.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
408
+31.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.1m
+33.2% highest 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 | £200,870,333 | £198,037,457 | £266,171,817 | +34.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,009,315 | £4,874,083 | £6,121,079 | +25.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,503,506 | £3,109,752 | £4,141,579 | +33.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,704,153 | £2,345,990 | £2,933,426 | +25% | |
| Cash | £1,725,813 | £4,228,512 | £5,871,729 | +38.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,162,995 | £15,690,319 | £21,891,083 | +39.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,973,961 | £10,319,951 | £13,903,003 | +34.7% | |
| Equity | £7,973,961 | £10,319,951 | £13,903,003 | +34.7% | |
| Average employees | 248 | 310 | 408 | +31.6% | |
| Wages | £10,231,951 | £10,536,317 | £15,295,273 | +45.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £727,846 | £994,792 | £1,297,807 | +30.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £23,229 | £13,522 | £13,449 | -0.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £347,881 | £460,902 | £635,511 | +37.9% |
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 | 2.0% | 2.5% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.9% | 31.1% | 28.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.2% | 80.7% | 80.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.97x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 2.66x | 2.76x | 3.09x |
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
“Based on the forecasts and sensitivities applied the directors consider that the group 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
- WAYLANDS AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED · parent
- Fawcett's Garage (Newbury) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In July, the group completed the acquisition of Bristol and Cardiff Honda alongside Omoda Jaecoo in Bristol”
- “On 28 March 2026, the group completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Cambridge Garage Motor Holdings Limited and its subsidiary Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Limited”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'HANLON, Karen | Secretary | 2018-12-31 | — | — |
| O'HANLON, John Francis | Director | 2016-06-27 | Nov 1969 | British |
| SMULLEN, James Martin | Director | 2018-07-02 | Apr 1989 | British |
| SPENCER, Richard Mark | Director | 2018-08-17 | Jul 1967 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Francis O'Hanlon | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-15 | 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
- 5
- 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.