HEDIN AUTOMOTIVE LONDON LTD
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-06 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-23
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
379
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£5M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £126,961,531 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£4,208,532 | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | -£5,196,130 | |
| Net profit | £0 | -£4,829,130 | |
| Cash | £1 | £1,130,275 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | £5,170,871 | |
| Net assets | £1 | £5,170,871 | |
| Equity | £1 | £5,170,871 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 379 | |
| Wages | £0 | £13,911,221 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £197,184 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -81.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | -4.25x |
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
- HEDIN AUTOMOTIVE LONDON LTD 2023-01-27 → present
- HMG COMPANY 3 LIMITED 2022-08-24 → 2023-01-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the aforementioned assessment the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company acquired the trade and assets of four Mercedes Benz businesses on 1 April 2023 from Mercedes-Benz Retal Group UK Limited.”
- “the UK entering recession in the second half of 2023.”
- “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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENNIS, Richard John | Director | 2024-08-19 | Jul 1975 | British |
| FINN, Trevor Garry | Director | 2025-03-26 | Jul 1957 | British |
| HEDIN, Anders | Director | 2022-08-24 | Nov 1962 | Swedish |
| HEDIN, Hampus | Director | 2023-02-21 | Jan 1990 | Swedish |
| KIBSGAARD, Klaus Moth | Director | 2023-02-21 | Apr 1960 | Danish |
| WILLIAMS, Peter David | Director | 2024-07-19 | Jan 1971 | Australian |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINN, Trevor Garry | Director | 2023-02-21 | 2025-03-26 |
| JOERSJÖ, Andréas Albert | Director | 2023-02-21 | 2024-09-10 |
| TROWELL, Stephen Michael | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2024-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedin Automotive Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-04-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-12-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-04-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.