Principal Activities
Cambria Investments Holdings is a diversified organisation with a strategic focus on four key areas: automotive retail, sustainable mobility, repair and maintenance, and investments. At the heart of the company is Cambria Automobiles, a renowned multigroup automotive retailer specialising in the world’s most prestigious car brands. Our automotive expertise is complemented by innovative subsidiaries that enhance our offerings:
- SOGO: A forward-thinking subsidiary providing a responsible, sustainable and flexible mobility fleet for cars and commercial vehicles. SOGO sets itself apart through its commitment to sustainability, offering carbon offsetting and net-zero solutions.
- RAMP: Playing a vital role in the automotive industry, RAMP delivers high-quality repair and maintenance products and services across the UK, reinforcing the overall excellence of our group's automotive solutions.
- Cambria Property Investments: Actively identifies and develops new property assets, adding a layer of diversification to our business. Our property investments are guided by a commitment to sustainable development, targeting high environmental standards across all projects
- Cambria Private Capital: Driving the future of automotive innovation through strategic investments in sustainable mobility, advanced technologies, and transformative business models.
Cambria Investments Holdings Ltd is a vertically integrated automotive retail, sustainable mobility, repair & maintenance and investments focused company to benefit our Associates, customers, and partners. We aim to contribute to a more sustainable, diverse, and inclusive future, supported by rigorous governance practices that meet PLC standards.
Over the past 18 years Cambria Automobiles has identified and acquired a number of underperforming motor dealership businesses where it felt that its four pillar culture, defined acquisition strategy and operational process improvement would result in increased revenue and profitability by those dealerships which would subsequently produce increased returns for the Group.
The following timeline sets out the Group's development:
February 2006
Investment vehicle formed
July 2006
Acquired Cambria Automobiles Limited and Sudbury (Swindon) Limited.
August 2007
Acquired Thoranmart Limited.
December 2007
Acquired Summit Investments Motors (UK) Limited which has subsequently been renamed Cambria Automobiles (South East) Limited. Consisting of 5 Ford businesses under the Dees and Invicta brand names. 4 Jaguar businesses under Grange and Doves brand names. 3 Volvo businesses under the Doves Brand name and 3 Aston Martin businesses under the Grange brand name.
January 2008
Acquired the trade and assets of 4 franchises from the Administrative Receiver of Caledonia Motor Group;
Cambria acquired the assets of 4 Fiat dealerships and subsequently added 1 Nissan dealership, 2 Volvo dealerships and 1 Lotus dealership which were added to existing dealerships within Thoranmart.
October 2009
Acquired the trade and assets of 3 Triumph and 1 Mazda dealership sites from the Administrator of Autohaus Limited adding the Triumph and Mazda brands to the Group.
December 2009
Acquired the trade and assets of one dealership from the Administrator of Lythgoe Limited, with both Fiat and Mazda brands.
February 2010
Acquired D&F Trading Limited from Drake and Fletcher Limited which incorporated 2 Honda and 2 Mazda dealerships.
March 2011
Addition of Alfa Romeo and Renault franchises onto Blackburn Motor Park.
September 2011
Acquired the trade and assets of Doves Vauxhall in Southampton.
January 2013
Acquired the trade and assets of County Motor Works, Vauxhall, Alfa Romeo and Chrysler Jeep in Chelmsford.
July 2014
Acquired the trade and assets of Hadley Green Motors Jaguar and Land Rover in Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Won the prestigious Franchised Dealer Group of the Year Award at the annual Motor Trader Awards held at the Grosvenor Hotel, London.
May 2015
Cambria completed the acquisition of the trade and assets of the Land Rover franchise in Royal Wootton Basset, Swindon from TH White Limited.
January 2016
Cambria completed the acquisition of the Land Rover franchise in Welwyn Garden City from the Jardine Motors Group.
May 2016
Cambria opened its new Aston Martin Birmingham business.
July 2016
Cambria Automobiles acquired the trade and assets of Jaguar and Land Rover Woodford in South Woodford, North London from Pendragon Premier Limited, a subsidiary of Pendragon.
August 2017
Cambria Automobiles launches Repair and Maintanance Plans Ltd (RAMP) providing products and services to the industry.
November 2017
Cambria Automobiles agreed on a partnership with luxury brand McLaren to open a dealership in Hatfield in January 2018.
December 2017
Cambria Automobiles agreed on a partnership with Bentley to open our Bentley Chelmsford dealership in Essex and Bentley Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
May 2018
Cambria Automobiles agreed on a new partnership to open our Lamborghini Chelmsford dealership in Essex.
August 2018
Cambria Automobiles opens its second Lamborghini dealership - Lamborghini Tunbridge Wells.
December 2018
Cambria Automobiles opened its new 'Arch Concept' Grange Land Rover Hatfield and Grange Jaguar Hatfield dealership replacing Land Rover Welwyn and Jaguar Welwyn respectively with a new state-of-the-art facility.
April 2019
Cambria Automobiles opened a new state-of-the-art luxury retail dealership for the Aston Martin marque. Aston Martin Hatfield replaced the Aston Martin Welwyn facility.
May 2019
We opened a new state-of-the-art luxury sports dealership for McLaren. Grange McLaren Hatfield opened, replacing our temporary facilities that had been operating on-site for over a year.
January 2020
Cambria Automobiles acquired the trading assets of the Leven Car Company in Scotland to open our first-ever Rolls-Royce Motor Cars dealership and our fourth Aston Martin location.
February 2020
We welcomed back Alfa Romeo and Jeep at Preston Motor Park, who where then joined by Abarth and Fiat. With the four vehicle franchises now available at Preston, we are an 'Official FCA Brand Centre' and stand ready to welcome guests from all over the North West of England.
December 2020
Launched SOGO Mobility Limited with a view to transforming the way people and businesses fulfil their vehicle needs.
October 2021
Delisted from the London Stock Exchange. Cambria Investments Holdings Ltd is now a privately owned company again.
December 2022
INEOS Grenadier is welcomed to the group with sites in Birmingham covering the Midlands and Edinburgh covering Scotland.
July 2023
Our first MG location is welcomed to the group in Croydon
September 2023
Motorparks is a pioneering used car mobility solution that offers a sustainable approach".
April 2024
Invicta Motors welcomes Omoda and Jaecoo to the Group at Ashford, Bolton and Ramsgate.
September 2024
Grange Aston Martin launches its brand new state of the art facility in Solihull, Birmingham.
