BENJN.R.VICKERS & SONS,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-8.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
63
-3.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+151.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,279,963 | £35,415,709 | |
| Operating profit | £1,494,996 | £3,811,885 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,623,870 | £4,081,742 | |
| Net profit | £1,308,719 | £3,222,767 | |
| Cash | £7,203,496 | £6,623,048 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,196,133 | £31,287,682 | |
| Net assets | £29,963,316 | £29,911,583 | |
| Equity | £29,963,316 | £29,911,583 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 63 | |
| Wages | £3,233,145 | £3,341,619 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.3% | 15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.06x | 5.51x | |
| Interest cover | 78.68x | 119.12x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has continued to be profitable and to generate significant cash flows. Management has prepared financial forecasts for a period covering at least 12 months from the date of signature of these financial statements. These forecasts have been reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors. The company held cash of £6.6m at 31 October 2024 and has no external debt. Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have concluded that it appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BENJN.R.VICKERS & SONS,LIMITED · parent
- Vickers Oils Limited 100%
- Vickers Oils Services Limited 100%
- Vickers (Leeds) Limited 100%
- Vickers Oils (Australasia) Pty Limited 100%
- Larco Limited 100%
- Lincol Oil Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2024 the Rt Hon Hilary Benn, MP for Leeds South ... officially opened our dedicated Food Grade lubricant production site, the only one of its kind in the UK and one which, we think, sets a new standard.”
- “Since the year end, the directors have been delighted to welcome Paul Williams as a director of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAITE, Charles Francis Simon | Secretary | 2022-09-27 | — | — |
| CURLE, Tolla Joanne | Director | 2025-04-04 | Apr 1976 | British |
| GAWTHORPE, James Mark | Director | 2025-09-25 | Mar 1973 | British |
| VICKERS, William Peter Farrar | Director | 2017-05-01 | Sep 1991 | British,Swedish |
| WAITE, Charles Francis Simon | Director | 2023-08-21 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WHOLLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2003-01-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Paul Richard | Director | 2025-02-06 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROPHY, Laurence Kevin | Secretary | 1998-11-01 | 2010-10-29 |
| JELBERT, Brian | Secretary | 2010-10-29 | 2017-03-31 |
| MORRIS, Morgan Lawn | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2022-09-27 |
| RATLEDGE, Alan John | Secretary | — | 1998-11-01 |
| BROPHY, Laurence Kevin | Director | 1998-01-30 | 2010-10-29 |
| CLAGUE, Nicholas Paul, Dr | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2023-04-04 |
| CLARK, Lawrence Malcolm | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| DAY, Richard Duncan | Director | 2010-10-29 | 2011-09-09 |
| JELBERT, Brian | Director | 2010-10-29 | 2017-03-31 |
| LATTY, Brian | Director | — | 1994-07-14 |
| MORRIS, Morgan Lawn | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2022-09-27 |
| RATLEDGE, Alan John | Director | — | 1999-04-23 |
| REDMAN, Geoffrey | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| RUSHWORTH, Nigel | Director | — | 2021-11-29 |
| SMAILES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2011-06-06 | 2023-08-21 |
| VANN, Paul Adrian | Director | 2022-04-21 | 2025-09-26 |
| VICKERS, Eleanor Unity | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| VICKERS, Gurney Randall | Director | — | 2000-04-13 |
| VICKERS, John Farrar | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| VICKERS, Peter John Farrar | Director | — | 2025-04-04 |
| WAREHAM, Gordon Ernest | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2012-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Randall Vickers & Co. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+9.7%
£32,279,963 £35,415,709
-
Cash
-8.1%
£7,203,496 £6,623,048
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£29,963,316 £29,911,583
-
Employees
-3.1%
65 63
-
Operating profit
+155%
£1,494,996 £3,811,885
-
Profit before tax
+151.4%
£1,623,870 £4,081,742
-
Wages
+3.4%
£3,233,145 £3,341,619
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers