The last few weeks have seen AM100 dealer groups submitting their accounts to Companies House.

Here we provide a summary of the performance of some of the biggest in the sector who have done so – including Jardine, Ford Retail, Greenhous and JCT600 – ahead of the autumn update of the AM100 in the November issue of AM.

For a more comprehensive view of the 2015 results of the those companies that have filed their results go to AMi (free to dealers).

AM100 position (2014 accounts): 8 Jardine Motors Group

Turnover: £1.67billion (2014: £1.53bn): 9.21% change

Profit before tax (includes finance costs, but excludes non-trading exceptional items such as profits on sales of businesses, VAT refunds etc): £17.99 million (£18.3m): -1.87% change

Return on sale: 1.08% (1.2%)

AM100: 9 Ford Retail (TrustFord)

Turnover: £1.63bn (£1.44bn)

Profit before tax: £10.9m (£7.3m): 49.95%

Return on sale: 0.67% (0.5%)

AM100: 11 JCT600

Turnover: £1.14bn (£1.03bn): 11.7%

Profit before tax: £16.9m (£18.7m): -9.7%

Return on sale: 1.47% (1.82%)

AM100: 12 Listers

Turnover: £1.09bn (£958m): 13.4%

Profit before tax: £12.6m (£13.96m): -9.9%

Return on sale: 1.16% (1.46%)

AM100: 14 Greenhous

Turnover: £888.5m (£774.8): 14.7%

Profit before tax: £4.3m (£2.8m): 52.5%

Return on sale: 0.49% (0.37%)

AM100: 21 Eastern Western Motor Group

Turnover: £508.4m (£463.7m): 9.7%

Profit before tax: £8.9m (£7m): 27.7%

Return on sale: 1.76% (1.51%)

AM100: 28 Reeve Derby (Pentagon)

Turnover: £489.1 (£440.4m): 11.1%

Profit before tax: £4.2m (£4.1m): 2.7%

Return on sale: 0.85% (0.92%)

AM100: 33 Williams Motor Company

Turnover: £426.6m (£362.6m): 17.7%

Profit before tax: £6.3m (£4.1m): 53.3%

Return on sale: 1.48% (1.13%)

AM100: 34 Dick Lovett

Turnover: £401.6 (£357.5m): 12.4%

Profit before tax: £9m (£7.5m)

Return on sale: 2.26% (2.1%)

AM100: 35 Vindis Group

Turnover: £365.95m (£351.7m): 4.1%

Profit before tax: £3.5m (£4.2m): -17%

Return on sale: 0.96% (1.21%)

AM100: 39 Sinclair Group

Turnover: £365.6m (£325.93m): 12.1%

Profit before tax: £2.8m (£3.1m): 10.7%

Return on sale: 0.75% (0.95%)

AM100: 45 Johnsons

Turnover: £287.8m (£270.3m): 6.5%

Profit before tax: £676,000 (£1.2m): -43.3%

Return on sale: 0.23% (0.44%)