| JCT600 Ltd | |
| Type: | Motor Retail Group |
| Industry: | Automotive |
| Foundation: | 1946 |
| Founder: | Jack Tordoff |
| Location: | Apperley Lane, Bradford |
| Num Locations: | 53 |
| Num Locations Year: | 2023 |
| Area Served: | Yorkshire Derbyshire Lincolnshire North East Nottinghamshire |
| Key People: | John Tordoff (CEO) |
| Revenue: | £1.3 billion |
| Revenue Year: | 2021 |
| Profit: | £45 million |
| Profit Year: | 2021 |
| Num Employees: | 2,000–2,500 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2022 |
| Homepage: | https://www.jct600.co.uk/ |
JCT600 Ltd is an English group of privately-owned car dealerships. The company operates in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and the north east, and has 53 dealerships.[1]
The company, a family-owned business, in 1946 as a single garage shop on Sticker Lane in Bradford. Originally called Tordoff Motors, the company was established by Edward Tordoff, before being taken on by his son, Jack. Jack Tordoff was a successful rally driver in the 1960s and 1970s and winner of the Circuit of Ireland Rally in 1973. Tordoff developed the business over the next 70-plus years, founding JCT600, before his son and current chief executive officer, John Tordoff, took over in 2002. Jack Tordoff died aged 86 in 2021 following a lengthy illness.[2]
The company name, JCT600, came from the personal number plate of a Mercedes-Benz 600 owned by Jack Tordoff, which he also used on his Porsche when he won the Circuit of Ireland Rally.[3] The company employs over 2,400 colleagues, is one of UK's largest motor retailers, and has been a family-owned business for four generations[4]
JCT600 sponsors Bradford City AFC, a fourth-division English football (soccer) club. This is one of the longest running partnerships in English Football League History. In July 2022, they established a three-year sponsorship deal which will extend the current agreement through to the 2025–26 season.[5] JCT600 founder Jack Tordoff was an honorary life president and was a lifelong supporter of Bradford City AFC, regularly taking his two sons to Valley Parade throughout their childhood.
The company sells new cars from the following brands: