VENNERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-13 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£935K
+130.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£730K
-20.1% vs 2023
Employees
204
+6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£465K
+244.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VENNERS LIMITED 2008-12-03 → present
- VENNERS PLC 1988-06-21 → 2008-12-03
- E.J. VENNER & CO. PLC 1924-01-04 → 1988-06-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,142,000 | £10,442,000 | |
| Operating profit | £135,000 | £531,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £135,000 | £465,000 | |
| Net profit | £181,000 | £460,000 | |
| Cash | £406,000 | £935,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,132,000 | £1,018,000 | |
| Net assets | £914,000 | £730,000 | |
| Equity | £914,000 | £730,000 | |
| Average employees | 191 | 204 | |
| Wages | £5,614,000 | £6,247,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 52.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.9% | 73.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.64x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 5.19x | 7.70x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA (Macintyre Hudson LLP)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the Company's detailed budgets, projections and funding requirements to 31 December 2026, taking account of reasonable possible changes in trading performance over this period, the Directors believe they have reasonable grounds for stating that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The volume of work carried out increased year on year as our turnover grew by 14.2% to further cement our position at the head of our industry.”
- “In 2024, we once again set a new record for number of quotes made, with a good conversion rate.”
- “Our new stocktaking program is being utilised throughout our business and we have made improvements to our client portal.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, Christopher Adam | Secretary | 2011-06-30 | — | — |
| GIBSON, Christopher Adam | Director | 2011-11-30 | May 1980 | British |
| HARDING, Paul Ian | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| HULME, Scott | Director | 2011-11-30 | Feb 1969 | British |
| LINDSAY, Andrea | Director | 2017-09-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MCCARTHY, Andrea | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| MUIR, Malcolm Wotherspoon | Director | 2016-01-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| PRICKETT, Daniel Ronald | Director | 2018-01-24 | Sep 1976 | British |
| WILD, Richard George | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1984 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITCH, Derek Henry | Secretary | — | 1996-03-21 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michelle Claire | Secretary | 2001-12-14 | 2011-06-30 |
| GUESFORD, Stephen Charles | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2001-12-14 |
| TURNER, Sarah Margaret | Secretary | 1996-03-20 | 1997-08-28 |
| CALLIS, Michael | Director | — | 1996-01-31 |
| FITCH, Derek Henry | Director | — | 2004-12-14 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michelle Claire | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| GWYN, Philip Hammond Rhys | Director | — | 2017-09-18 |
| HEYBURN, Trevor Charles | Director | 1992-09-23 | 2017-12-21 |
| HUDSON, Reginald Keith, Brigadier | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2006-01-15 |
| MAYNE, Steven John | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| PERRY, John Patrick | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2022-02-04 |
| RUDKIN, Alan William | Director | 2003-06-24 | 2009-12-31 |
| RUGG, David Barry | Director | — | 2023-07-10 |
| SARWAL, Prodaman Kumar | Director | 2009-01-27 | 2018-01-24 |
| WADE, Caroline Frances | Director | 1993-12-22 | 1994-11-25 |
| WALKER, Ian Charles | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
| ZENKER, Robert Michael | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2010-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+14.2%
£9,142,000 £10,442,000
-
Cash
+130.3%
£406,000 £935,000
-
Net assets
-20.1%
£914,000 £730,000
-
Employees
+6.8%
191 204
-
Operating profit
+293.3%
£135,000 £531,000
-
Profit before tax
+244.4%
£135,000 £465,000
-
Wages
+11.3%
£5,614,000 £6,247,000
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