Arnold Clark shows biggest profit increase in MT Top 200
Arnold Clark tops the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups showing the biggest increase in profits year on year.
The group turned in profits of £156.5m in its latest results compared to £117m last time, an increase of £39m.
In second place was Sytner Group which delivered profits of £100.4m compared to £71.8m last time, an increase of £28.6m.
In third place was Stoneacre which turned in profits of £26.4m compared to £9.8m last time, an increase of £16.6m.
Group ,000 ,000 ,000
| Arnold Clark Automobiles | 156,500 | 117,000 | +39,500 |
| Sytner Group | 100,357 | 71,799 | +28,558 |
| Stoneacre | 26,412 | 9,786 | +16,626 |
| Vertu Motors plc | 22,399 | 7,317 | +15,082 |
| Parks of Hamilton | 26,338 | 12,358 | +13,980 |
| Listers Group | 20,628 | 7,894 | +12,734 |
| HR Owen plc | 13,685 | 1,944 | +11,741 |
| Cambria Automobiles | 21,752 | 10,185 | +11,567 |
| Allen Ford | 7,454 | 251 | +7,203 |
| Steven Eagell | 16,841 | 9,803 | +7,038 |
| Dick Lovett Group | 14,740 | 8,154 | +6,586 |
| Swansway Group | 10,174 | 4,029 | +6,145 |
| Lloyd Motors | 13,458 | 8,262 | +5,196 |
| Peoples | 7,799 | 2,804 | +4,995 |
| WH Bowker | 5,587 | 703 | +4,884 |
| Masters of Beckenham | 4,958 | 593 | +4,366 |
| JCT 600 | 19,556 | 15,586 | +3,970 |
| Eastern Western Motor Group | 15,830 | 11,926 | +3,904 |
| John Clark Motor Group | 6,256 | 2,615 | +3,641 |
| Halliwell Jones | 6,580 | 3,134 | +3,447 |
| Williams Motor Co | 6,046 | 2,773 | +3,273 |
| Snows Group | 5,014 | 2,010 | +3,004 |
| Peter Vardy Holdings | 9,271 | 6,272 | +2,999 |
| Yeomans | 5,275 | 2,535 | +2,740 |
| Stephen James Automotive | 3,259 | 650 | +2,610 |
| Note: 1.) This table is based solely on those businesses for which figures were available excluding estimates. | |
| 2.) This tables only includes those groups reporting reporting from June 2020. | |
| 3.) The results do not include increases from previous losses. | |
| 4.) These results do not generally take account of exceptional profits in the latest year/expenses in previous | |
| year, although some groups were excluded where particularly large ‘exceptionals’ were noted. | |
