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Component Distributors Limited

Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Newtownabbey

ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1963Private Limited Company
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Financial position

Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts

Net assets
£2,545,056
Cash
£1,066,520
Turnover
£14,633,357
Profit / loss
£525,637
Current assets
£10,769,046
Creditors < 1 year
£9,797,468
Equity
£2,545,056
Average employees
67

Balance-sheet trend

GBP · company

Financial statements

Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.

2 periods

Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts

Reported figures2025-12-3112 months · Company · AI-read2024-12-31Company · AI-read
Balance sheet
Net assets£2,545,056£2,219,419
Equity£2,545,056£2,219,419
Share capital£40,000£40,000
Retained earnings£1,897,437£1,571,800
Assets
Fixed assets£2,153,295£1,980,075
Property, plant & equipment£715,602£542,382
Investments£1,437,693£1,437,693
Current assets£10,769,046£9,620,552
Cash at bank£1,066,520£668,921
Debtors£7,474,957£6,697,445
Stock£2,227,569£2,254,186
Liabilities
Creditors within one year£9,797,468£9,025,087
Creditors after one year£281,414£109,705
Provisions£298,403£246,416
Net current assets£971,578£595,465
Assets less current liabilities£3,124,873£2,575,540
Profit & loss
Turnover£14,633,357£12,681,650
Cost of sales£10,536,780£9,124,345
Gross profit£4,096,577£3,557,305
Distribution costs£3,190,160£2,970,170
Administrative expenses£1,477,421£1,388,665
Other operating income£1,250,197£1,183,531
Operating profit£679,193£382,001
Interest receivable£4,419£742
Interest payable£20,630£19,275
Profit before tax£662,982£363,468
Tax£137,345−£84,978
Profit / loss£525,637£278,490
Dividends£200,000£100,000
Operating costs
Depreciation£228,217£226,369
Operating lease charges£235,000£200,000
Audit fees£25,620£23,625
People & pay
Average employees6767
Staff costs£2,961,944£2,743,801
Wages & salaries£2,557,556£2,405,952
Social security costs£286,525£228,854
Pension costs£117,863£108,995
Directors' remuneration£481,926£389,038
Highest paid director£187,977£159,399
Source evidenceView filing View filing

From the accounts

What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.

Principal activity
The company is principally engaged in the distribution of vehicle components and parts.
What it does
distribution · vehicle components · parts (AI keywords)
The year
The Directors are pleased to report another robust set of results which continue to reflect the strong financial position of the Company and growth in underlying profitability and are pleased that this momentum has continued into 2026. Turnover increased by 15.4% (£2m) year on year to £14.6m and EBITDA increased by 49% to £0.9m.
Outlook
The company plans to continue its present activities and ongoing growth strategies.
Audit opinion
Clean (unmodified)
Immediate parent
Component Distributors Group Limited · Northern Ireland
Ultimate parent
Component Distributors Group Limited · Northern Ireland
Ultimate controlling party
Mr T Knox
Accounts
FRS 102
Approved
2026-06-25, signed by Terry Knox
Subsidiaries (1)
  • Component Distributors (CD Ireland) Limited · 100% · Unit 31 Rosemount Business Park, Rosemount Park Drive, Ballycoolin Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, D11 Y6K0
Turnover by segment (1)
  • United Kingdom: entire turnover (2025-12-31)
Related parties (4)
  • Key management personnel (the directors) · Directors · Compensation · £481,926 (2024: £398,038)
  • Close family members of the directors and shareholders · Salary paid · £41,000 (2024: £41,000)
  • Network Auto Store Limited · A director is connected with Network Auto Store Limited, a company based and trading in Northern Ireland, due to having an equity interest · Total sales to Network Auto Store Limited · £9,285,999 (2024: £7,388,741)
  • Network Auto Store Limited · A director is connected with Network Auto Store Limited, a company based and trading in Northern Ireland, due to having an equity interest · Amounts due from Network Auto Store Limited to the company · £2,204,115 (31 December 2024: £1,843,431)
Directors' report (3)
  • Mr T M Knox
  • Mr I Knox
  • N Trueman
Share classes (1)
  • 40,000 Ordinary of £1.00
Principal risks (5)
  • Liquidity risk
  • Interest rate risk
  • Credit risk
  • Price and market risk
  • Data Security risk
Events after the year end (1)
  • There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.

Secured borrowing

Registered charges, lenders and security interests.

Charges and related records

4 outstanding charges
Unknown · created 2003-12-12
£0
Outstanding
Property · created 1987-02-26
£0
Outstanding
Floating · created 1977-07-05
£0
Outstanding
Property · created 1976-07-22
£0
Outstanding
Show 4 satisfied / released
Property · created 2000-01-24 · satisfied 2009-01-07
£0
Satisfied
Unknown · created 1988-10-03 · satisfied 2022-03-28
£150,000
Satisfied
Property · created 1987-09-09 · satisfied 1989-12-12
£0
Satisfied
Unknown · created 1985-01-10
£0
Part Satisfied