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FIRST QUALITY MOTORS LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2015 in Ballina, Co. Mayo, CRO 573546.
It files accounts faster than 72% of similar companies.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
14 Dec 2015
10 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 14 Jun 2027
Last accounts filed
175 days
after year end · sector median 258

Details

CRO number573546
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered officeRATHKIP, BALLINA,MAYO, BALLINA, MAYO, IRELAND
TownBallina · other companies there
CountyMayo
ActivityMotor vehicle trade and repair (NACE 4511.0) · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of vehicles
Last annual return14 Jun 2026

Timeline

  1. 14 Jun 2027Next annual return due
  2. 24 Jun 2025Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2024)
  3. 6 Aug 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2023)
  4. 28 Jul 2023Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2022)
  5. 14 Dec 2015Incorporated

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

01002003002022: 20920920222023: 21921920232024: 1751752024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Dec 202424 Jun 2025175
31 Dec 20236 Aug 2024219
31 Dec 202228 Jul 2023209

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 3,718 active companies in motor vehicle trade and repair.

Filing discipline score
91 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 72% of peers · 100% of filings on time · activity median 82
Typical filing delay
209 days
median of 3 filings · latest 44 days faster · activity 254
Financial year end
December
54.8% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 211 days
due 14 Jun 2027
Age: 10.9 years
97th pct
Filing speed: 209 days
72th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How motor vehicle trade and repair is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish retail confidence
+4.9
49th percentile since 2005 · EU -5.8 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-6.9
39th percentile since 2005 · +1.5 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
39,500
-2.0% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€825
+2.1% on a year · 2026 Q1
Retail sales volume
+5.6%
3 months to Sep 2026 vs a year earlier
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
10,182
9.3% new in 2024 · 4.3 people each on average
Sector firms still trading after 5 years
52.4%
firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sector enterprises in Co. Mayo
1,485
3.1% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€2.9m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
4.1
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€39k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
3.6%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€59k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Mayo
€530
this sector · county all sectors €700 · 2025
Value added per worker, West region
€83k
this sector group · all sectors €117k · 2024

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