ST LEONARDS MOTORS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-14.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+3.1% vs 2023
Employees
403
+31.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-221.5% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £133,452,133 | £186,351,622 | |
| Operating profit | — | £554,435 | £211,685 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£319,989 | -£1,028,857 | |
| Net profit | — | -£341,230 | -£913,242 | |
| Cash | — | £1,920,089 | £1,635,652 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £13,616,775 | £14,682,838 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,732,647 | £9,003,632 | |
| Equity | £3,410,017 | £8,732,647 | £9,003,632 | |
| Average employees | — | 307 | 403 | |
| Wages | — | £9,516,756 | £13,352,498 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £408,774 | £443,003 |
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
+39.6%
£133,452,133 £186,351,622
-
Cash
-14.8%
£1,920,089 £1,635,652
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£8,732,647 £9,003,632
-
Employees
+31.3%
307 403
-
Operating profit
-61.8%
£554,435 £211,685
-
Profit before tax
-221.5%
-£319,989 -£1,028,857
-
Wages
+40.3%
£9,516,756 £13,352,498
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.3% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.1% | 1.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.04x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.62x | 0.16x |
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
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ST LEONARDS MOTORS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- St.Leonards Motors Limited 100%
- Quest Motor Group Limited 100%
- Style Motors Limited 100%
- Simpsons Uckfield Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After a period of significant expansion with the acquisition of both Style Motors Ltd (Trading as SMC) and Quest Motor Group Ltd in late 2023, 2024 was a year of consolidation, integrating the people, systems and processes.”
- “The financial performance for 2024 was below expectations, with material losses arising in three areas of the business. These areas have since been addressed through targeted actions and corrective measures.”
- “During 2024, we undertook a significant restructuring programme of our newly acquired Quest Motors Group business, designed to reduce costs and strengthen the long-term operational framework.”
- “to streamline, simplify and improve efficiencies within the overall group structure we "hived up" our Quest Motor Group Ltd business, assets, and liabilities into St Leonards Motors Ltd.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Jason | Director | 2021-10-25 | Jan 1980 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Mark | Director | 2021-10-25 | Jun 1963 | British |
| WAKEFORD, Angus John | Director | 2021-10-25 | Nov 1965 | British |
| WOODS, William Robert | Director | 2021-10-25 | Sep 1977 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Angus John Wakeford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-10-25 | Ceased 2023-04-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 15 of 15 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-05-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.