D GAWTHROPE ACR LIMITED
Company number 06821689 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
D Gawthrope ACR Limited is a well-established independent motor vehicle repair business that has built a substantial balance sheet far exceeding typical sector norms, primarily through property ownership and retained profits over sixteen years of trading. However, the most recent financial year reveals concerning signals — a £119,262 decline in net assets, a 65% drop in cash reserves, and a doubling of trade debtors — which require clarification as to whether they reflect strategic investment, dividend extraction, or underlying trading pressure. The company's significant tangible asset base and equity cushion provide resilience, but the sector's structural transition toward EV servicing demands continued capital investment that will test financial flexibility if cash generation weakens further.
Shareholders' funds
£856,065
Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-02-17
- Employees
- 6 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Warehouse 6 Headlands Lane, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, WF11 0LA
- Postcode
- WF11 0LA
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-03
- Next due by
- 2027-05-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45200 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Officers 2 current · 3 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA314697 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| EGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 24/03/2011 FROM, UNIT A RIPLEY HOUSE, RIPLEY DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF6 1QT | 2011-03-24 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 286 similar companies in WF
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (6 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2009.
No.10 of the largest maintenance and repair of motor vehicles companies in Wakefield →
Competitors Wakefield
This company ranks 10 among maintenance and repair of motor vehicles in Wakefield.
The class of 2009
39%
of the 1,825 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2016-08-26
- Where
- West Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYK409548 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2016-08-26 | — |
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