Motorpoint: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Motorpoint Group PLC is owned by its shareholders: as a listed company it has no single person with significant control on the register. In the year to March 2026 it reported turnover of £1,269m.
- In the year to March 2026, Motorpoint had turnover of £1,269m, up 8.1% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £8m, keeping £0.59 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 834 people, with staff costs of £40m.
- Motorpoint Group PLC is listed on the stock market, so it is owned by its shareholders.
- These figures are from Motorpoint Group PLC's group accounts for the year to March 2026, filed at Companies House on 6 August 2026.
- Registered name
- MOTORPOINT GROUP PLC
- Company number
- 10119755
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 12 April 2016
- Registered office area
- Derby
- Industry code on the register
- 45112: Wholesale and retail trade
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 6 August 2026
What does Motorpoint do?
Motorpoint is a car retailer selling nearly new and used cars online and from its retail sites across the UK. It makes money from selling cars, from finance and add-on products sold with them, and from trading cars it buys from the public and dealers. It was founded in Derby in 1998 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. These figures are for MOTORPOINT GROUP PLC (company 10119755).
In brief: used car retailer · online and UK sites · founded in Derby in 1998 · listed
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 11 November 2026. Official website: motorpoint.co.uk.
Who owns Motorpoint?
Motorpoint Group PLC, company number 10119755, has no person with significant control on the register. That is normal for a company whose shares trade on a regulated market: ownership sits with the shareholders who hold the shares at any given time.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Motorpoint?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Motorpoint Group PLC.
All 7 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Mark Gwilym Carpenter | 12 April 2016 |
| Adele Cooper | 6 March 2020 |
| Keith John Mansfield | 20 May 2020 |
| Thomas Christopher Morgan | 11 January 2021 |
| Thomas Christopher Morgan | 27 February 2021 |
| John Carl Walden | 10 January 2022 |
| Swarupa Gaurang Pathakji | 1 October 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Motorpoint file?
Motorpoint Group PLC reported turnover of £1,269m in the year to March 2026. That was up 8.1% on £1,173m the year before.
It reported 834 employees. The year before it reported 796.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £8m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £4m the year before.
Staff costs came to £40m. That is an average of £48,000 a head. It ended the year with £5m at the bank and net assets of £26m. It paid dividends of £1.7m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,269m | £1,173m |
| Pre-tax profit | £8m (filed) | £4m (filed) |
| Employees | 834 | 796 |
| Staff costs | £40m | £39m |
| Average staff cost per head | £48,000 | £49,000 |
| Bank and cash | £5m | £7m |
| Net assets | £26m | £27m |
| Dividends paid | £1.7m | |
| Interest paid | £10m | |
| Directors' pay | £2m |
Read the accounts to March 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against Motorpoint?
Motorpoint Group PLC has registered 1 charge at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Santander UK PLC | 7 June 2026 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Motorpoint files as Motorpoint Group PLC, with turnover of £1,269m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Motorpoint
What does Motorpoint do?
Motorpoint is a car retailer selling nearly new and used cars online and from its retail sites across the UK. It makes money from selling cars, from finance and add-on products sold with them, and from trading cars it buys from the public and dealers. It was founded in Derby in 1998 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. These figures are for MOTORPOINT GROUP PLC (company 10119755).
Who owns Motorpoint?
Motorpoint Group PLC is owned by its shareholders. As a listed company it is exempt from the register of people with significant control, so no single owner appears at Companies House.
How much does Motorpoint make?
Motorpoint Group PLC reported turnover of £1,269m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £8m.
How many people work at Motorpoint?
Motorpoint Group PLC reported 834 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs Motorpoint?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Motorpoint Group PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Motorpoint Group PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 10119755, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Motorpoint: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 11 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/motorpoint/. Figures from Companies House filings for MOTORPOINT GROUP PLC (10119755).
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