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.