Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Company

Cars 2 Limited

Cars 2 Limited is an active UK company (number 05738906), incorporated 2006, with 6 current directors including Neil Martin Crossley and Jeremy Bates. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is Cars 2 Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 3

  1. Mark Collier 2007-2008 Director View profile
  2. T.P.D.S.Limited 2008-2017 Corporate-secretary View profile
  3. Colin David Otley 2006-2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

Incorporated
10/03/2006

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.

  • Allan George Otley ceased 2025-01-31
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
  • Ascot EOT Limited
    75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust), appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2025-01-31

Group

  1. Cars 2 Limited is controlled by Allan George Otley
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-01-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Allan George Otley.

8 other companies in this group

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
£8,018,083
Total assets
£13,289,726
Cash
£6,653,954
Employees
2.8
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£2,984,400

Filed as Full accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reported£8,018,083
2025-12-31Not reported£8,018,083

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

1 grant · £3,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £3,000

Most recent

  • Department for Education £3,0002023-04-01
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.

6 directors on the board

10.2y median 7.5y
average tenure
20.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Finance 4Property 2Professional services 1Retail and trade 1

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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
05738906
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data