Vospers Of Plymouth Limited

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vospers of plymouth limited Company Information

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Company Number

01019172

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Industry

Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Directors

Peter Vosper

Nicholas Vosper

Shareholders

peter graham vosper

ingrid mary antcliffe

Group Structure

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Contact

Registered Address

marsh mills retail park, plymouth, devon, PL6 8AY

Website

www.vospers.com

vospers of plymouth limited Estimated Valuation

£172.3m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED at £172.3m based on a Turnover of £270.3m and 0.64x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Vospers Of Plymouth Limited is a live company located in devon, PL6 8AY with a Companies House number of 01019172. It operates in the sale of new cars and light motor vehicles sector, SIC Code 45111. Founded in July 1971, it's largest shareholder is peter graham vosper with a 98.7% stake. Vospers Of Plymouth Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £270.3m with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Vospers Of Plymouth Limited a 3 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 3 measures and has 5 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

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Size

annual sales of £270.3m, make it larger than the average company (£60.6m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 7%, show it is growing at a similar rate (7.6%)

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Vospers Of Plymouth Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £270.3 million and the company has net assets of £43.6 million. According to their latest financial statements, Vospers Of Plymouth Limited has 601 employees and maintains cash reserves of £3.7 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	270,286,000	252,080,524	238,897,059	222,418,766	256,498,953	248,175,353	236,887,483	234,307,146	232,301,687	231,196,952	207,900,407	174,143,971	179,497,935	172,339,871	156,347,792
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	245,184,605	227,557,452	216,249,887	205,201,697	235,583,667	227,965,369	216,264,304	213,340,154	213,451,950	212,859,454	189,913,126	158,290,389	162,329,592	153,617,089	138,589,693
Gross Profit	25,101,395	24,523,072	22,647,172	17,217,069	20,915,286	20,209,984	20,623,179	20,966,992	18,849,737	18,337,498	17,987,281	15,853,582	17,168,343	18,722,782	17,758,099
Admin Expenses	20,887,776	17,761,515	15,103,262	12,358,431	18,032,992	17,263,911	16,950,737	17,102,588	15,628,492	14,048,830	14,747,391	14,698,035	15,055,205	15,883,233	13,346,029
Operating Profit	4,213,619	6,761,557	7,543,910	4,858,638	2,882,294	2,946,073	3,672,442	3,864,404	3,221,245	4,288,668	3,239,890	1,155,547	2,113,138	2,839,549	4,412,070
Interest Payable	2,007,023	971,983	858,142	1,725,050	1,646,524	1,004,122	1,003,001	1,333,823	1,307,511	1,124,913	1,065,542	1,053,623	1,124,695	972,967	1,392,924
Interest Receivable	25,529	1,227	1,163	1,188	795	916	20	0	1,148,375	15,889	14,395	15,552	15,630	13,710	20,143
Pre-Tax Profit	2,248,312	6,734,448	6,886,931	3,425,611	2,101,201	1,942,867	2,669,461	2,530,581	3,062,109	3,179,644	2,426,013	117,476	1,004,073	1,880,292	3,039,289
Tax	-532,332	-1,408,105	-2,176,929	-1,023,946	-440,349	-411,641	-358,719	-415,387	-322,122	-783,622	-272,659	77,000	-311,046	-136,891	-1,145,521
Profit After Tax	1,715,980	5,326,343	4,710,002	2,401,665	1,660,852	1,531,226	2,310,742	2,115,194	2,739,987	2,396,022	2,153,354	194,476	693,027	1,743,401	1,893,768
Dividends Paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retained Profit	1,715,980	5,326,343	4,710,002	2,401,665	1,660,852	1,531,226	2,310,742	2,115,194	2,739,987	2,396,022	2,153,354	194,476	693,027	1,743,401	1,893,768
Employee Costs	20,544,717	18,899,042	17,669,907	17,644,504	19,117,733	18,902,655	18,260,687	18,083,624	16,753,398	15,757,850	14,658,320	13,843,916	14,487,824	13,858,500	13,129,663
Number Of Employees	601	588	567	610	688	632	645	668	710	684	663	650	682	656	638
EBITDA*	6,641,892	9,134,494	9,906,644	6,882,965	6,267,293	6,757,751	6,895,586	7,141,738	6,629,005	7,172,161	5,939,978	3,646,739	4,647,706	5,255,645	6,935,177

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	47,362,330	44,935,550	45,277,951	46,840,864	48,014,535	57,266,574	46,282,659	49,454,078	44,140,744	41,689,616	39,150,326	39,518,446	37,543,977	35,769,205	33,858,323
Intangible Assets	325,619	408,533	508,413	591,036	638,039	697,821	829,073	937,593	909,499	1,216,708	1,333,705	1,450,705	1,267,498	1,356,998	1,828,278
Investments & Other	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Fixed Assets	47,697,949	45,354,083	45,796,364	47,441,900	48,662,574	57,974,395	47,121,732	50,401,671	45,060,243	42,916,324	40,494,031	40,979,151	38,821,475	37,136,203	35,696,601
Stock & work in progress	51,355,646	45,979,058	38,746,939	53,303,312	68,792,502	59,061,438	50,682,398	45,611,908	54,822,449	48,786,117	35,380,631	28,213,382	27,434,604	33,434,191	28,331,113
Trade Debtors	11,934,046	11,435,031	6,499,084	9,095,175	9,811,558	12,374,778	9,157,650	8,346,496	8,424,180	8,123,640	7,772,083	7,374,227	5,942,983	7,103,260	7,769,605
Group Debtors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Misc Debtors	3,855,350	3,407,943	3,422,670	4,916,419	5,959,841	5,771,032	4,797,808	4,885,759	6,636,172	5,757,881	4,959,682	4,926,456	3,448,779	4,567,882	3,763,264
Cash	3,711,113	7,469,748	8,074,715	4,528,670	64,428	6,254	6,499	7,379	8,198	8,313	8,429	8,904	9,104	9,599	9,400
misc current assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total current assets	70,856,155	68,291,780	56,743,408	71,843,576	84,628,329	77,213,502	64,644,355	58,851,542	69,890,999	62,675,951	48,120,825	40,522,969	36,835,470	45,114,932	39,873,382
total assets	118,554,104	113,645,863	102,539,772	119,285,476	133,290,903	135,187,897	111,766,087	109,253,213	114,951,242	105,592,275	88,614,856	81,502,120	75,656,945	82,251,135	75,569,983
Bank overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	6,211,329	3,886,162	10,174,594	10,895,686	12,625,430	9,013,521	13,104,238	14,934,151	12,160,258	13,056,955
Bank loan	0	2,200,000	1,050,000	1,050,000	8,582,000	18,329	72,586	71,288	70,107	0	4,761,432	4,724,737	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	41,195,470	39,613,491	28,846,977	51,119,614	69,845,916	63,578,403	49,778,924	43,573,996	54,061,114	49,126,587	35,301,063	27,535,017	24,428,093	34,772,410	29,492,840
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	0	0	0	0	72,431	49,593	8,435	0	0	0	509	0	0
other short term finances	16,092,346	12,617,329	10,565,161	11,297,127	12,046,412	9,104,170	9,420,110	8,424,056	8,565,657	6,185,569	6,052,743	5,023,202	6,008,429	4,697,420	3,467,726
hp & lease commitments	3,320,308	2,885,271	3,017,482	2,998,064	3,180,446	6,018,067	4,599,512	4,553,687	5,859,524	4,579,146	4,173,447	3,920,502	3,547,314	3,307,333	2,273,399
other current liabilities	4,022,128	5,010,885	5,241,893	3,198,937	1,526,632	1,805,142	1,755,256	2,095,172	2,167,044	1,841,707	1,415,629	1,143,369	1,272,751	1,330,867	2,432,557
total current liabilities	64,630,252	62,326,976	48,721,513	69,663,742	95,181,406	86,735,440	69,584,981	68,942,386	81,627,567	74,358,439	60,717,835	55,451,065	50,191,247	56,268,288	50,723,477
loans	0	0	8,408,333	12,133,333	2,575,000	13,739,717	9,418,219	9,590,931	4,262,259	4,582,349	4,000,000	4,361,432	4,678,401	5,089,725	5,497,525
hp & lease commitments	2,802,222	2,319,822	2,012,693	2,275,363	3,219,675	4,318,667	3,763,243	3,700,910	3,821,100	3,846,702	3,419,570	3,451,533	2,652,715	3,216,942	3,735,120
Accruals and Deferred Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	2,575,000	2,575,000	2,575,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	350,000	350,000	350,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
provisions	4,972,321	4,565,736	4,290,247	3,391,054	2,894,503	2,634,606	2,771,403	3,101,487	3,438,012	3,742,468	1,562,745	1,476,740	1,567,708	1,152,333	833,415
total long term liabilities	10,349,543	9,460,558	17,286,273	17,799,750	8,689,178	20,692,990	15,952,865	16,393,328	11,521,371	12,171,519	9,332,315	9,639,705	9,248,824	10,459,000	11,066,060
total liabilities	74,979,795	71,787,534	66,007,786	87,463,492	103,870,584	107,428,430	85,537,846	85,335,714	93,148,938	86,529,958	70,050,150	65,090,770	59,440,071	66,727,288	61,789,537
net assets	43,574,309	41,858,329	36,531,986	31,821,984	29,420,319	27,759,467	26,228,241	23,917,499	21,802,304	19,062,317	18,564,706	16,411,350	16,216,874	15,523,847	13,780,446
total shareholders funds	43,574,309	41,858,329	36,531,986	31,821,984	29,420,319	27,759,467	26,228,241	23,917,499	21,802,304	19,062,317	18,564,706	16,411,350	16,216,874	15,523,847	13,780,446

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	4,213,619	6,761,557	7,543,910	4,858,638	2,882,294	2,946,073	3,672,442	3,864,404	3,221,245	4,288,668	3,239,890	1,155,547	2,113,138	2,839,549	4,412,070
Depreciation	2,254,603	2,292,937	2,247,606	1,927,125	3,265,737	3,667,693	3,083,626	3,142,081	3,100,551	2,766,493	2,583,088	2,399,399	2,452,568	2,255,431	2,358,213
Amortisation	173,670	80,000	115,128	97,202	119,262	143,985	139,518	135,253	307,209	117,000	117,000	91,793	82,000	160,665	164,894
Tax	-532,332	-1,408,105	-2,176,929	-1,023,946	-440,349	-411,641	-358,719	-415,387	-322,122	-783,622	-272,659	77,000	-311,046	-136,891	-1,145,521
Stock	5,376,588	7,232,119	-14,556,373	-15,489,190	9,731,064	8,379,040	5,070,490	-9,210,541	6,036,332	13,405,486	7,167,249	778,778	-5,999,587	5,103,078	28,331,113
Debtors	946,422	4,921,220	-4,089,840	-1,759,805	-2,374,411	4,190,352	723,203	-1,828,097	1,178,831	1,149,756	431,082	2,908,921	-2,279,380	138,273	11,532,869
Creditors	1,581,979	10,766,514	-22,272,637	-18,726,302	6,267,513	13,799,479	6,204,928	-10,487,118	4,934,527	13,825,524	7,766,046	3,106,924	-10,344,317	5,279,570	29,492,840
Accruals and Deferred Income	-988,757	-231,008	2,042,956	1,672,305	-278,510	49,886	-339,916	-71,872	325,337	426,078	272,260	-129,382	-58,116	-1,101,690	2,432,557
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	406,585	275,489	899,193	496,551	259,897	-136,797	-330,084	-336,525	-304,456	2,179,723	86,005	-90,968	415,375	318,918	833,415
Cash flow from operations	786,357	6,384,045	7,045,440	6,550,568	4,719,191	7,489,286	6,278,102	6,869,474	4,047,128	8,264,622	6,193,299	2,922,614	2,628,569	4,374,201	-1,315,514
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	0	0	0	0	0	15,415,197	19,242,834	16,157,489	15,239,690	0	-1,977,697	-3,398,868	-4,227,340	-4,166,313	-943,540
Change in Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,000
cash flow from investments	0	0	0	0	0	15,415,197	19,242,834	16,157,489	15,239,690	0	-1,977,697	-3,398,868	-4,227,340	-4,166,313	-953,540
Financing Activities
Bank loans	-2,200,000	1,150,000	0	-7,532,000	8,563,671	-54,257	1,298	1,181	70,107	-4,761,432	36,695	4,724,737	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	0	0	0	-72,431	22,838	41,158	8,435	0	0	-509	509	0	0
Other Short Term Loans	3,475,017	2,052,168	-731,966	-749,285	2,942,242	-315,940	996,054	-141,601	2,380,088	132,826	1,029,541	-985,227	1,311,009	1,229,694	3,467,726
Long term loans	0	-8,408,333	-3,725,000	9,558,333	-11,164,717	4,321,498	-172,712	5,328,672	-320,090	582,349	-361,432	-316,969	-411,324	-407,800	5,497,525
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	917,437	174,918	-243,252	-1,126,694	-3,936,613	1,973,979	108,158	-1,426,027	1,254,776	832,831	220,982	1,172,006	-324,246	515,756	6,008,519
other long term liabilities	0	0	2,575,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	-350,000	0	0	-650,000	0	1,000,000
share issue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1,898,411	2	0	0	0	11,886,678
interest	-1,981,494	-970,756	-856,979	-1,723,862	-1,645,729	-1,003,206	-1,002,981	-1,333,823	-159,136	-1,109,024	-1,051,147	-1,038,071	-1,109,065	-959,257	-1,372,781
cash flow from financing	210,960	-6,002,003	-2,982,197	-1,573,508	-5,241,146	4,849,643	-47,345	2,469,561	3,234,180	-6,570,861	-125,359	3,555,967	-1,183,117	378,393	26,487,667
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-3,758,635	-604,967	3,546,045	4,464,242	58,174	-245	-880	-819	-115	-116	-475	-200	-495	199	9,400
overdraft	0	0	0	0	-6,211,329	2,325,167	-6,288,432	-721,092	-1,729,744	3,611,909	-4,090,717	-1,829,913	2,773,893	-896,697	13,056,955
change in cash	-3,758,635	-604,967	3,546,045	4,464,242	6,269,503	-2,325,412	6,287,552	720,273	1,729,629	-3,612,025	4,090,242	1,829,713	-2,774,388	896,896	-13,047,555

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Low Risk50 - 70

Moderate Risk30 - 50

High Risk20 - 30

Very High Risk0 - 20

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VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED group structure

Vospers Of Plymouth Limited has 3 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED

01019172

3 subsidiaries

VOSPERS OF TRURO LIMITED

01096953

VOSPERS MOTOR HOUSE LIMITED

00496634

SIDWELL STREET MOTORS LIMITED

01012462

VOSPERS OF PLYMOUTH LIMITED Shareholders

peter graham vosper	98.68%
ingrid mary antcliffe	1.32%

Vospers Of Plymouth Limited currently has 2 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Peter Vosper (Oct 1991) and Mr Nicholas Vosper (Mar 2005).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr Peter Vosper		81 years	Oct 1991	-	Director
Mr Nicholas Vosper		52 years	Mar 2005	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

270.3m

+7%

operating profit

4.2m

-38%

gross margin

9.3%

-4.54%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

43.6m

+0.04%

total assets

118.6m

+0.04%

cash

3.7m

-0.5%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

01019172

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

45111 - Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

incorporation date

July 1971

ultimate parent company

None

previous names

h.j.h.engineering limited (December 1980)

address

marsh mills retail park, plymouth, devon, PL6 8AY

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