CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PLC
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Cash
£2.5M
-30.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
+40.5% vs 2024
Employees
1,927
-6.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9.2M
+38% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £119,748,000 | £114,833,000 | -4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £8,715,000 | £10,805,000 | +24% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,634,000 | £9,152,000 | +38% | |
| Net profit | — | £8,426,000 | — | |
| Cash | £3,628,000 | £2,524,000 | -30.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,183,000 | £29,757,000 | +40.5% | |
| Net assets | £21,183,000 | £29,757,000 | +40.5% | |
| Equity | £21,183,000 | £29,757,000 | +40.5% | |
| Average employees | 2,063 | 1,927 | -6.6% | |
| Wages | £28,579,000 | £31,430,000 | +10% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £819,000 | £772,000 | -5.7% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.1% | 36.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.6% | 62.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 4.09x | 6.37x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PLC 2021-11-24 → present
- CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED 2016-10-28 → 2021-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 (UK-adopted IFRS)
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the Group has adequate resources in place for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of 2025 financial statements and have therefore adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP PLC · parent
- China Tool Projects UK Limited 100%
- CT Automotive CZ s.r.o. 100%
- Yinghuai Automotive Interior Private Limited 100%
- CT Automotive Japan K.K 90%
- CT Automotive Systems de Mexico SA de CV 90%
- Chinatool Mould Systems Limited 100%
- Chinatool UK Limited 100%
- Chinatool Otomotiv Sanayi Tic. Limited Sti. 100%
- IMS-Chinatool JV, LLC 100%
- Chinatool Automotive Mould Industrial Zone 100%
- Chinatool Automotive Components Co. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “15 new program wins in 2025, spanning volume and premium brands, totalling annualised revenue of $47 million over the next three years.”
- “Successful completion of two challenging supplier audits for two new major OEM customers.”
- “Further increase in gross profit margin driven by continued adoption of digitisation, robotics, automation and AI, including development of our agentic AI factory operating system.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBS, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | — | — |
| BENCH, Raymond John | Director | 2021-12-23 | Apr 1973 | British |
| DAVIES, Geraint Charles Boyens | Director | 2023-09-18 | Aug 1956 | British |
| MCGRATH, Gary Christopher | Director | 2026-02-16 | Dec 1967 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Simon Brian | Director | 2021-09-15 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Anne-Marie | Secretary | 2022-09-15 | 2023-02-01 |
| FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-11-24 | 2022-09-15 |
| MSP CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-02-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| BROWN, Anna | Director | 2023-04-28 | 2024-10-31 |
| ECSERY, Francesca Eva | Director | 2021-12-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| JAMES, Tracey | Director | 2021-12-23 | 2023-07-13 |
| MCKENZIE, Scott | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2023-07-13 |
| MOHAMMED, Salman | Director | 2024-10-17 | 2026-01-28 |
| TIMBERLAKE, Nicholas Richard William | Director | 2023-07-13 | 2025-12-31 |
| WILKINSON, David Paul, Mr | Director | 2016-10-28 | 2023-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Brian Phillips | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Paul Wilkinson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-28 | Ceased 2017-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.