VWS (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
-79.5% vs 2023
Employees
489
-2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£18M
-6.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- VWS (UK) LTD 2006-01-17 → present
- VEOLIA WATER SYSTEMS LTD 2003-09-09 → 2006-01-17
- VIVENDI WATER SYSTEMS LIMITED 2000-11-06 → 2003-09-09
- USF LIMITED 1999-01-12 → 2000-11-06
- ELGA LIMITED 1983-08-12 → 1999-01-12
- ELGA PRODUCTS LIMITED 1937-05-14 → 1983-08-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £115,969,000 | £108,916,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,571,000 | £14,496,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,425,000 | £18,153,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,096,000 | £14,900,000 | |
| Cash | £78,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £82,082,000 | £21,353,000 | |
| Net assets | £75,906,000 | £15,541,000 | |
| Equity | £75,906,000 | £15,541,000 | |
| Average employees | 503 | 489 | |
| Wages | £23,196,000 | £24,261,000 |
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 | 13.4% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.0% | 67.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.9% | 77.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.74x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 20.82x | 10.62x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position, the support received from Veolia Water Technologies SA and of the enquiries and considerations of the financial strength of the VE SA group, the Company's directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the going concern assessment period. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEGGIE, Ian Thomas | Secretary | 2017-03-01 | — | — |
| HARDING, Benjamin Nicholas | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1979 | British |
| HEGGIE, Ian Thomas | Director | 2017-03-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| IKENE, Nora | Director | 2010-01-04 | Nov 1969 | British |
| LEANG, Philippe | Director | 2021-07-20 | Jun 1980 | French |
| MOUQUET, Annabel Marie Odile Dolores | Director | 2017-07-18 | Oct 1980 | French |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAN, Roger James | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| BEAN, Roger James | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2001-11-08 |
| COX, Robert James | Secretary | 2001-11-08 | 2004-04-02 |
| CULSHAW, Alasdair Douglas | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| GEORGE, Roland Ulric | Secretary | 2015-07-13 | 2017-02-06 |
| SCHUMACHER, Tobias Ulf Helmut | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| ADDINGTON, Philip John | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2016-06-08 |
| AGEZ, Marianne Marie Therese | Director | 2016-05-19 | 2017-07-18 |
| BOND, Elizabeth | Director | 1997-01-02 | 1998-12-10 |
| BROCHET, Fabrice | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2021-05-05 |
| CHATTLE, Philip Andrew | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2020-10-01 |
| COX, Robert James | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2004-07-31 |
| CROUCHER, Robert Andrew | Director | — | 1998-12-10 |
| CULSHAW, Alasdair Douglas | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| DOLPHIN, James David Clifford | Director | 1997-06-02 | 1998-12-10 |
| DYSON, Mark | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2018-12-15 |
| EAGLE, Beverley Michelle | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2023-12-22 |
| FISHER, Martyn Paul | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2023-10-01 |
| GALLAGHER, Neil Vincent | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2017-03-01 |
| HARRIS, Nicholas John Charles | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1998-12-10 |
| HARRIS, Nicholas John Charles | Director | 1993-04-19 | 1996-05-31 |
| HERREWYN, Jean Michel | Director | 2005-05-06 | 2010-02-04 |
| JACKSON, Peter Bartle Mynett | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2000-06-30 |
| LAKHENPAUL, Sunil Kumar | Director | 2004-07-22 | 2020-04-14 |
| LEE, Lynda | Director | 1993-04-19 | 1998-01-31 |
| LORCH, Robert Philip | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| MCBAIN, David John Grey | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| MORTIMER, Alan Denton | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1998-12-10 |
| MORTIMER, Alan Denton | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| MUDD, Roger John | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2013-01-31 |
| PETHERS, John Edward | Director | — | 1998-12-10 |
| REYNOLDS, George Barrie | Director | 1999-02-24 | 2005-05-19 |
| RIPPINGTON, Keith Stuart | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2006-07-20 |
| RIPPINGTON, Keith Stuart | Director | — | 1998-12-10 |
| SAYER, Anita Valentine | Director | 1993-04-19 | 1997-09-30 |
| SCOTT, Brian, Dr | Director | 1998-09-29 | 1999-02-24 |
| SPINK, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| STEVENS, Paul Alexander | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2025-12-30 |
| STEWART, Ian Robert, Dr | Director | 2008-06-10 | 2010-12-06 |
| THERY, Frederic Gerard | Director | 2011-11-07 | 2016-03-14 |
| WALSH, Michael | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| WARDROP, Alastair James | Director | 1993-04-19 | 1998-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otv Birwelco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£115,969,000 £108,916,000
-
Cash
-100%
£78,000 £0
-
Net assets
-79.5%
£75,906,000 £15,541,000
-
Employees
-2.8%
503 489
-
Operating profit
-6.9%
£15,571,000 £14,496,000
-
Profit before tax
-6.5%
£19,425,000 £18,153,000
-
Wages
+4.6%
£23,196,000 £24,261,000
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