JOHN BANKS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£2,717,726
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a motor franchised dealer operating sales, service, parts and supply of ancillary products.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-07-11
- Employees
- 207 (2024 accounts · was 192 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Honda House Kempson Way, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom, IP32 7AR
- Postcode
- IP32 7AR
- Capital
- 293,300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-24
- Next due by
- 2027-05-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45111 Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
- 45112 Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles
- 45200 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
- 45320 Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Officers 9 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1385407 (Tier 1), registered since 2008.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- johnbanks.co.uk
- Phone
- 01206581984, 01223370746, 01284656098
Multi-franchise new and used car dealer based in Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire with franchises for Hyundai, Renault, Dacia, Mazda, Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Segway Scooters, Alpine and Suzuki
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CABLEZONE LIMITED | 1984-08-10 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| KEMPSON WAY, MORETON HALL, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP32 7AR | 2019-04-10 |
| TAYFEN ROAD, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP33 1TB | 1995-05-23 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 38 similar companies in IP
The largest employer among its local peers (207 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1984.
No.5 of the largest sale of new cars and light motor vehicles companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 5 among sale of new cars and light motor vehicles in Ipswich.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 13 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 10
- Most recent registration
- 2024-10-01
- Where
- Cambridgeshire (8), Suffolk (4), Essex (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB489953 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2024-10-01 | — |
| CB479288 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2023-05-25 | — |
| AA57495 | Essex | Leasehold | 2023-05-16 | — |
| SK418935 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2022-09-07 | — |
| CB432133 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2018-04-24 | — |
| CB407943 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2015-11-24 | — |
| CB34570 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2015-02-11 | — |
| CB284534 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2014-09-25 | — |
| SK183096 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2012-04-17 | — |
| CB292061 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2006-05-17 | — |
| CB9366 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2006-05-17 | — |
| SK172013 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-07-07 | — |
| SK148256 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1995-02-06 | — |
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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.