WRIGHTS ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRES LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
+12.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£32m
+20.3% vs 2023
Employees
247
+13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7.2m
+21.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,535,158 | £34,695,323 | +26% | |
| Operating profit | £5,593,445 | £7,152,460 | +27.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,892,548 | £7,176,722 | +21.8% | |
| Net profit | £4,608,038 | £5,367,163 | +16.5% | |
| Cash | £12,016,650 | £13,480,902 | +12.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,666,078 | £33,956,244 | +18.5% | |
| Net assets | £26,475,184 | £31,839,847 | +20.3% | |
| Equity | £26,475,184 | £31,839,847 | +20.3% | |
| Average employees | 217 | 247 | +13.8% | |
| Wages | £7,362,568 | £9,110,174 | +23.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £36,437 | £37,360 | +2.5% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.3% | 20.6% | |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 15.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 21.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.1% | 18.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.66x | 5.43x | |
| Interest cover | 42.25x | 30.37x |
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
- WRIGHTS ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRES LIMITED 2002-02-11 → present
- WRIGHT ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTRES LIMITED 2001-10-11 → 2002-02-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Jones Peters
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Mary Jane, Mrs. | Secretary | 2001-10-11 | — | British |
| WRIGHT, Mary Jane, Mrs. | Director | 2001-10-19 | Jun 1953 | British |
| WRIGHT, Richard Donald | Director | 2009-08-22 | Jul 1982 | British |
| WRIGHT, Robert Marcus | Director | 2009-08-22 | Dec 1977 | Northern Irish |
| WRIGHT, William Donald | Director | 2001-10-19 | Jan 1950 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Robert Desmond | Director | 2001-10-11 | 2001-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Donald Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs. Mary Jane Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.