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FIRSTDRIVE AUTOS LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2023 in Granard, Co. Longford, CRO 745471.
It files accounts faster than 2% of similar companies.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
21 Jul 2023
3 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 21 Jan 2028
Last accounts filed
427 days
after year end · sector median 258

Details

CRO number745471
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered officeBallymaurice, MULLINGAR,WESTMEATH,Ireland, Granard,LONGFORD
EircodeN39KV13
TownGranard · other companies there
CountyLongford
ActivityMotor vehicle trade and repair (NACE 4532.0) · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of vehicles
Last annual return8 Jun 2026

Timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2028Next annual return due
  2. 3 Mar 2026Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2024)
  3. 1 Aug 2025Current name took effect
  4. 25 Nov 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2023)
  5. 21 Jul 2023Incorporated

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

02004006002023: 33033020232024: 4274272024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Dec 20243 Mar 2026427
31 Dec 202325 Nov 2024330

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 3,714 active companies in motor vehicle trade and repair.

Filing discipline score
51 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 2% of peers · 50% of filings on time · activity median 81
Typical filing delay
378 days
median of 2 filings · latest 97 days slower · activity 254
Financial year end
December
54.8% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 439 days
due 21 Jan 2028
Companies at this address
1
the only active company here
Renamed
1 Aug 2025
current name took effect
Age: 3.3 years
46th pct
Filing speed: 378 days
2th pct
Address density: 1 companies
32th 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. Longford
497
1.0% 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. Longford
€505
this sector · county all sectors €664 · 2024
Value added per worker, Midlands region
€60k
this sector group · all sectors €90k · 2024

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