JOHN GROSE GROUP LIMITED
Company number 01491537 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
John Grose Group Limited is a well-established regional automotive retailer operating across new car sales, used car sales, and aftersales services from its East Anglian base — a diversified model characteristic of resilient franchised dealer groups. Its 44-year trading history and private ownership structure provide stability and strategic flexibility, though its regional scale limits the operational and investment leverage available to larger national competitors. The group faces significant strategic challenges from the industry-wide shift to the agency sales model and electric vehicle transition, both of which will require substantial capital investment while potentially restructuring traditional revenue streams — making the coming decade a defining period for this long-standing business.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1980-04-17
- Registered office
- John Grose Lowestoft, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, NR32 1NN
- Postcode
- NR32 1NN
- Capital
- 255 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 10 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-03
- Next due by
- 2027-03-17
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
Officers 5 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by GROSE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2025-12-01
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S.R. WILLS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z570349X (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
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Gender pay gap
11.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- johngrose.co.uk
- Phone
- 03001239123, 08000234567, 03005008082
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LEGIBUS NINETY-SEVEN LIMITED | 1980-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WHAPLOAD ROAD, LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK, NR32 1NN | 2019-06-11 |
| PRINCES STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP1 1SF | 1989-01-20 |
The class of 1980
49%
of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 11 titles
- Freehold
- 9
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2024-11-15
- Price paid, where recorded
- £9,450,000
- Where
- Suffolk (11)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK433665 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2024-11-15 | — |
| SK171177 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2016-11-30 | £8,400,000 |
| SK249776 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2016-11-30 | — |
| SK357280 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2014-12-01 | — |
| SK123231 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2014-03-25 | £1,050,000 |
| SK152957 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2012-09-17 | — |
| SK232954 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2010-02-10 | — |
| SK303780 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2008-04-15 | — |
| SK239217 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2003-04-15 | — |
| SK182392 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1998-06-30 | — |
| SK179068 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1998-02-20 | — |
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