ROGER SIMPSON LIMITED
Company number 01372857 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Roger Simpson Limited operates as a long-established but single-site Subaru franchise dealer facing structural challenges common to smaller independent operators in UK motor retail. The 2025 accounts show a welcome recovery with retained earnings improving by approximately £172K and net assets strengthening to £886K, though this equity position is overwhelmingly dependent on property revaluation reserves rather than accumulated trading profits. The critical concern remains liquidity: with just £490 in cash and net current liabilities of £339K, the business operates with dangerously thin working capital buffers that fall well below industry norms, leaving it vulnerable to any trading disruption despite its valuable freehold property position.
Shareholders' funds
£885,585
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1978-06-12
- Employees
- 14 (2025 accounts · was 17 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Simpsons Subaru, Blackworth Industrial Estate, Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 7NA
- Postcode
- SN6 7NA
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2026-08-02
- Next due by
- 2027-08-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45111 Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
- 45112 Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles
- 47300 Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by RSL HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5501628 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SWINDON ROAD GARAGE, HIGHWORTH, SWINDON WILTS, SN6 7DE | 2008-01-17 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in SN
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1978.
Competitors Swindon
This company ranks 2 among sale of new cars and light motor vehicles in Swindon.
The class of 1978
51%
of the 8,636 companies incorporated in 1978 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1999-07-23
- Where
- Swindon
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT182836 | Swindon | Freehold | 1999-07-23 | — |
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