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Company description
FORD RETAIL LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 27 July 1923; registered for 103 years; registered office reported in COLCHESTER, ESSEX. Its primary declared activity is 45111 · Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 21 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- FORD RETAIL LIMITED
- Company number
- 00191596
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 28 total · 1 outstanding · 27 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
27 September 2025Next statement due
11 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 37.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 42.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 42.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 56.3%
- Women in top quartile
- 15.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 24.4%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 34.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 28.1%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 1000 to 49992.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49992.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49993.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-3.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49993.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 16 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 14 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £24,612,678
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £54,607,889
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £8,197,637
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £13,101,888
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 71.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
End of month following invoice
- Dispute resolution process
Any disputes or complaints can be raised with the accounts payable department by email or telephone, they can further be escalated to the purchase ledger manager. The company will make every effort to resolve disputes or complaints as quickly as possible.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 41.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
COV - Vehicle Purchase - Transit Connect Jan 2025 - TPPL Framework
COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-1511a780-e729-41d6-b81f-dd62be8ef91c
- Supplier named in award
- Trust Ford
- Award value
- £22,603.47
- Contract period
- 9 January 2025 – 7 July 2025
- Published
- 27 August 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1511a780-e729-41d6-b81f-dd62be8ef91c-2025-08-27T15:14:30+01:00
COV - Vehicle Purchase - 3.5T Caged Tipper - June 2024 (TPPL Framework)
Coventry City Council · ocds-b5fd17-169dbd64-66f1-44b3-8696-6dfbd7d2a841
- Supplier named in award
- FORD RETAIL LIMITED
- Award value
- £266,453.04
- Contract period
- 30 May 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 2 July 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34144500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-169dbd64-66f1-44b3-8696-6dfbd7d2a841-2024-07-02T09:43:50+01:00
COV - Vehicle Purchase - 3.5T Caged Tipper with V Cut - June 2024 (TPPL Framework)
Coventry City Council · ocds-b5fd17-42aaf6bb-22b6-4266-936b-5d2193a3f605
- Supplier named in award
- FORD RETAIL LIMITED
- Award value
- £224,630.60
- Contract period
- 30 May 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 2 July 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34144500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-42aaf6bb-22b6-4266-936b-5d2193a3f605-2024-07-02T09:43:04+01:00
COV - Vehicle Purchase - SWB Low Roof Van - June 2024 (TPPL Framework)
Coventry City Council · ocds-b5fd17-89e5c33c-39dd-433a-8e1d-1c7d55c84d8b
- Supplier named in award
- FORD RETAIL LIMITED
- Award value
- £28,903.08
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 30 March 2025
- Published
- 2 July 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34144500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-89e5c33c-39dd-433a-8e1d-1c7d55c84d8b-2024-07-02T09:50:11+01:00
Purchase of 3 EV Large Vans
Wolverhampton City Council · ocds-b5fd17-406dc630-db64-45af-9a07-5032229aac53
- Supplier named in award
- Ford Retail Trading As Trust Ford
- Award value
- £134,000
- Contract period
- 1 December 2023 – 30 November 2026
- Published
- 2 November 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 34144900
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-406dc630-db64-45af-9a07-5032229aac53-2023-11-02T15:26:49Z
Supply of 2 x Ford E Transit Trend Single Chassis Cab 4250 GVM + cage, tipper, BL
Kingstown Works Ltd · ocds-b5fd17-72d8d1c0-add1-4611-909b-2e6ef94debac
- Supplier named in award
- Trust Ford Barnsley
- Award value
- £125,871
- Contract period
- 21 September 2023 – 20 September 2026
- Published
- 26 September 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-72d8d1c0-add1-4611-909b-2e6ef94debac-2023-09-26T15:14:04+01:00
YPO - 001170 Specialist Vehicles
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · ocds-b5fd17-1ea6f6fd-f41a-4242-8fe4-5f9735ff5d4d
- Supplier named in award
- FORD RETAIL LIMITED
- Award value
- £500,000,000
- Contract period
- 2 October 2023 – 1 October 2027
- Published
- 12 October 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1ea6f6fd-f41a-4242-8fe4-5f9735ff5d4d-2023-10-12T11:40:50+01:00
CWC23065 - Purchase of Fleet Response Vehicle
Wolverhampton City Council · ocds-b5fd17-9d44924f-95ee-4dab-9ca4-ffebafd86ef8
- Supplier named in award
- Ford Retail Trading As Trust Ford
- Award value
- £60,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2023 – 31 October 2026
- Published
- 5 June 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34144900
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9d44924f-95ee-4dab-9ca4-ffebafd86ef8-2023-06-05T16:08:47+01:00
4x4 Diesel pick up truck.
STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-2341f2c9-aba9-4f0a-98f1-15ca37a8da84
- Supplier named in award
- FORD RETAIL LTD
- Award value
- £33,237.38
- Contract period
- 21 December 2022 – 31 May 2023
- Published
- 3 January 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34113000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2341f2c9-aba9-4f0a-98f1-15ca37a8da84-2023-01-03T16:32:39Z
Ford Transit
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-ed705634-c90e-44b6-87a7-aa3a0eeac07c
- Supplier named in award
- Ford Retail Ltd T/A Trust Ford
- Award value
- £21,097.45
- Contract period
- 19 October 2021 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 21 October 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ed705634-c90e-44b6-87a7-aa3a0eeac07c-2021-10-21T11:11:35+01:00
CS20403 Ford Transit Custom PHEV Limited
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-b4d9ba0c-1e98-44c7-b153-a6766b3274eb
- Supplier named in award
- Ford Retail Ltd T/A Trust Ford
- Award value
- £34,149.12
- Contract period
- 26 October 2020 – 1 December 2020
- Published
- 26 October 2020
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b4d9ba0c-1e98-44c7-b153-a6766b3274eb-2020-10-26T13:07:12Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Replacement Vehicle - W2224
The Council of the City of Wakefield · updated 30 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Replacement Vehicle
The Council of the City of Wakefield · updated 28 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
York Villas Car
The Council of the City of Wakefield · updated 28 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Love Your Community - Electric Vehicles - Caged Tipper
Wolverhampton City Council · updated 26 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Purchase of Mini Bus (Kings Trust)
Lancashire Combined Fire Authority · updated 24 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
For the Supply of Five (17 Seater) Minibuses
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · updated 29 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Purchase of Two Minibuses
Lancashire Combined Fire Authority · updated 22 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Purchase of two refrigerated vans
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · updated 16 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Vehicle Purchase - Ford Focus - CPA/SPU/2674P
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire · updated 5 August 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Purchase of Pre Registered Minibus
Sunderland City Council · updated 29 May 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
10 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2027-09-30
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: POLAR MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.