MOTOR PARTS DIRECT LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£59,679,800
Balance sheet as at 2024-06-30
What it does
Motor Parts Direct (MPD) business activity is the distribution of motor vehicle spare parts and accessories, specialising in two key areas - trade and retail - its major customer base being independent garages, some key account customers and walk in trade supported through its nationwide branch network and some distribution centres. It sources goods from key local suppliers and sells primarily to the UK market.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-07-28
- Employees
- 1910 (2024 accounts · was 1830 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 40 Springwood Drive, Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree, Essex, England, CM7 2YN
- Postcode
- CM7 2YN
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-17
- Next due by
- 2027-07-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45200 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
- 45320 Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Officers 4 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 7 subsidiaries
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C. F. PARKINSON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Dissolved
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C.F. PARKINSON LIMITED Dissolved
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JK MOTOR FACTORS LTD Dissolved
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S.T.PIERCY LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-04-05).
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 — ZA128070 (Tier 3), registered since 2015.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
2.03%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 46 HEDDON COURT AVENUE, COCKFOSTERS, BARNET, HERTFORDSHIRE EN4 9NG | 2007-08-09 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 443 similar companies in CM
The largest employer among its local peers (1910 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.1 of the largest maintenance and repair of motor vehicles companies in Chelmsford →
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 1 among maintenance and repair of motor vehicles in Chelmsford.
The class of 1998
58%
of the 284 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 197 titles
- Leasehold
- 197
- Most recent registration
- 2025-10-21
- Price paid, where recorded
- £115,460
- Where
- Devon (13), Hampshire (9), Essex (8)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DU403502 | Darlington | Leasehold | 2025-10-21 | — |
| CYM908496 | Bridgend | Leasehold | 2025-05-27 | — |
| AA83436 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-05-21 | — |
| MAN453875 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-04-01 | — |
| LT558329 | Leicester | Leasehold | 2024-12-23 | — |
| ESX436434 | East Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-12-04 | — |
| ST391915 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2024-11-11 | — |
| DY585459 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-07 | — |
| NK541700 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2024-11-06 | — |
| YEA110905 | East Riding Of Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-25 | — |
| HP888869 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2024-08-28 | — |
| HP885500 | Southampton | Leasehold | 2024-04-11 | — |
| SK428862 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2024-03-01 | — |
| SK428863 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2024-03-01 | — |
| DY579759 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2024-02-27 | — |
| DN765288 | Devon | Leasehold | 2023-12-07 | — |
| CL381270 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2023-12-06 | — |
| GR478443 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2023-11-17 | — |
| DN761583 | Devon | Leasehold | 2023-07-24 | — |
| ON381555 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-06-12 | — |
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