EASTERN MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
+38.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
145
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-31.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £143,388,000 | £144,243,000 | £131,790,000 | -8.6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,337,000 | £2,756,000 | £2,091,000 | -24.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,530,000 | £1,758,000 | £1,205,000 | -31.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,909,000 | £1,288,000 | £867,000 | -32.7% | |
| Cash | £3,416,000 | £8,707,000 | £12,027,000 | +38.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,643,000 | £15,636,000 | £16,183,000 | +3.5% | |
| Net assets | £14,490,000 | £15,458,000 | £16,005,000 | +3.5% | |
| Equity | £14,490,000 | £15,458,000 | £16,005,000 | +3.5% | |
| Average employees | 147 | 144 | 145 | +0.7% | |
| Wages | £5,571,000 | £5,505,000 | £5,498,000 | -0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.8% | 17.6% | 12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.9% | 71.0% | 67.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 1.78x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 4.14x | 2.76x | 2.36x |
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
- EASTERN MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 1990-04-02 → present
- RANDOTTE (NO. 175) LIMITED 1988-09-20 → 1990-04-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul | Secretary | 1990-02-28 | — | British |
| AFFLECK, Graham James | Director | 2023-01-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| BROWN, Douglas John | Director | 1990-03-28 | Jan 1963 | British |
| DUNCAN, Keith Alex Kinnear | Director | 2002-02-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| LA TROBE, Christopher John Hugh | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1971 | British |
| MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul | Director | 1990-03-28 | Jan 1957 | British |
| ROBB, Kenneth | Director | 2011-05-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| WANG, Robert Magnus | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell | Nominee Secretary | 1988-09-20 | 1990-03-28 |
| HALLY, Paul William | Director | 1988-09-20 | 1990-12-31 |
| JOHNSTON, Nicholas Paul | Director | 1990-03-28 | 2006-06-30 |
| MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell | Nominee Director | 1988-09-20 | 1990-12-31 |
| WATT, William Andrew Brian | Director | 1990-03-28 | 2009-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas John Brown | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2016-04-07 |
| Eastern Western Motor Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | 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.