GERMAN CAR SPECIALIST ENGINEERING LIMITED
Company number 04422701 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
German Car Specialist Engineering Limited presents a high-risk profile characterised by a sustained deterioration in net assets from £129,856 (2016) to negative £33,531 (2025), with the company now technically insolvent on a balance sheet basis. The working capital deficit of £47,287 and current ratio of 0.82:1 raise immediate liquidity concerns, while the absence of a going concern statement or detailed breakdown of liabilities leaves critical questions unanswered. While the company's 22-year trading history and current filing compliance offer modest reassurance, the trajectory is deeply concerning and warrants significant further investigation before any institutional exposure is considered.
Shareholders' funds
-£9,627
Balance sheet as at 2026-05-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-04-23
- Employees
- 7 (2026 accounts · was 9 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Unit A Monks Gate Garage, Brighton Road Monks Gate, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 6JD
- Postcode
- RH13 6JD
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-05-31
- Next due by
- 2028-02-29
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-17
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45200 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Officers 1 current · 6 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA859651 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 30 ALDWICK AVENUE, BOGNOR REGIS, WEST SUSSEX PO21 3AQ | 2002-05-01 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 311 similar companies in RH, with 7 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Crawley
This company ranks 317 among maintenance and repair of motor vehicles in Crawley.
The class of 2002
54%
of the 1,459 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.