FARMER AND CARLISLE LIMITED
Company number 01210153 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Farmer and Carlisle Limited represents a stable, asset-rich Toyota dealership with nearly 50 years of trading heritage and a strengthening balance sheet, but its near-zero cash position and subsidiary governance structure create strategic fragility precisely when the automotive transition to electrification demands bold investment. The company's hybrid vehicle positioning provides a natural on-ramp to the electric future, yet capturing this opportunity will require deliberate capital allocation—likely through the parent holding company—to fund inventory expansion, digital infrastructure, and EV servicing capability. Success will depend on transforming from a traditional franchise operation into an omnichannel retail and mobility services provider while maintaining the customer relationships and after-sales excellence that have sustained margins through unprecedented disruption.
Shareholders' funds
£4,467,353
Balance sheet as at 2020-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the sale and maintenance of new and used motor vehicles.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1975-04-30
- Employees
- 64 (2020 accounts · was 62 in 2019)
- Registered office
- Vertu House Fifth Avenue Business Park, Team Valley, Gateshead, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom, NE11 0XA
- Postcode
- NE11 0XA
- Capital
- 270,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Filing Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 3 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
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-01-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 99999 Dormant Company
Officers 4 current · 17 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by FARMER & CARLISLE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- farmerandcarlisle.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PINFOLD GATE, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS, LE11 1BE | 1991-05-14 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 778 similar companies in NE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (64 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1975.
No.4 of the largest dormant company companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne →
Competitors Newcastle Upon Tyne
This company ranks 4 among dormant company in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The class of 1975
33%
of the 355 companies in this sector incorporated in 1975 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.