PRENTICE PORTADOWN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£417K
+3.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+27.6% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
75
+7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£904K
-0.3% vs 2023
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,643,228 | — | £29,993,632 | — | £40,780,721 | — | £43,693,027 | — | £44,486,281 | £47,611,270 | |
| Operating profit | £221,957 | — | £211,931 | — | £720,629 | — | £562,448 | — | £1,148,563 | £1,223,603 | |
| Profit before tax | £71,888 | — | £101,160 | — | £646,109 | — | £439,256 | — | £907,091 | £904,464 | |
| Net profit | £54,902 | — | £72,626 | — | £531,484 | — | £335,085 | — | £683,135 | £677,266 | |
| Cash | £146,193 | £139,930 | -£194,633 | -£194,633 | £106,858 | £106,858 | £476,233 | £476,233 | £402,320 | £417,018 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £301,981 | — | £394,826 | — | £961,817 | — | £1,323,415 | — | £2,048,505 | £2,560,846 | |
| Net assets | £251,195 | — | £323,821 | — | £855,305 | — | £1,190,390 | — | £1,873,525 | £2,389,739 | |
| Equity | £251,195 | £251,195 | £323,821 | £323,821 | £855,305 | £855,305 | £1,190,390 | £1,190,390 | £1,873,525 | £2,389,739 | |
| Average employees | 84 | — | 68 | — | 62 | — | 55 | — | 70 | 75 | |
| Wages | £2,281,260 | — | £1,798,090 | — | £1,963,653 | — | £2,073,084 | — | £2,435,973 | £2,593,384 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £134,382 | — | £157,809 | — | £183,663 | — | £169,221 | — | £204,990 | £29,747 |
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
+7%
£44,486,281 £47,611,270
highest in 6 filed years
-
Cash
+3.7%
£402,320 £417,018
-
Net assets
+27.6%
£1,873,525 £2,389,739
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+7.1%
70 75
-
Operating profit
+6.5%
£1,148,563 £1,223,603
highest in 6 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-0.3%
£907,091 £904,464
-
Wages
+6.5%
£2,435,973 £2,593,384
highest in 6 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | — | 0.7% | — | 1.8% | — | 1.3% | — | 2.6% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | — | 0.2% | — | 1.3% | — | 0.8% | — | 1.5% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 73.5% | — | 53.7% | — | 74.9% | — | 42.5% | — | 56.1% | 47.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82.4% | 80.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.12x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 1.48x | — | 1.91x | — | 9.67x | — | 4.57x | — | 4.76x | 3.83x |
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
- PRENTICE PORTADOWN LIMITED 2016-10-20 → present
- SHELF COMPANY 1000 LIMITED 2014-08-28 → 2016-10-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young Fitch Limited, Statutory Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's financial forecasts and sensitivities show the Company is expected to continue to be cash generative taking account of the anticipated changes in trading performance, and it will operate within its facilities and meet its obligations as they fall due. Consequently, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During 2024 Prentice Portadown received the acolade of becoming a BMW 30-Star Retailer, demonstrating exceptionally high performance in customer satisfaction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSTON, Joanne Elaine | Director | 2016-08-10 | May 1968 | British |
| HOUSTON, Peter Samuel | Director | 2019-05-02 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITCH, Michael Craig | Director | 2014-08-28 | 2016-08-10 |
| HANNA, John | Director | 2014-08-28 | 2014-08-28 |
| PRENTICE, David | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2016-09-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wifco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.