Company · Hampshire
Motest U.K. Limited
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- David Ferguson Senior 2004-2020 View profile
- Ronald Charles Bowie 1998-2007 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
- Incorporated
- 20/05/1998
- Registered office
- Hampshire
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- John Henry Ball ceased 2025-08-12
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Motest Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-12
Group
- Motest U.K. Limited
is controlled by John Henry Ball
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-08-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by John Henry Ball.
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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,016,801
- Total assets
- £1,353,459
- Cash
- £202,653
- Employees
- 68
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£95,123
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
2 directors on the board
- Christopher James Marsland Director · appointed 2021
- John Henry Ball Director · appointed 1998
Directors past 6 years
- John Henry Ball Director · appointed 1998
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher James Marsland Director · appointed 2021
- John Henry Ball Director · appointed 1998
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03567586
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 27/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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