VP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30M
+21.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£150M
-1.7% vs 2024
Employees
2,942
+1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£22M
+663.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VP PLC 2001-03-29 → present
- VIBROPLANT P L C 1981-12-31 → 2001-03-29
- VIBROPLANT HOLDINGS LIMITED 1950-05-05 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £307,997,000 | £350,915,000 | £371,519,000 | £368,691,000 | £379,957,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £12,481,000 | £32,038,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,294,000 | £25,502,000 | £10,704,000 | £2,846,000 | £21,720,000 | |
| Net profit | -£4,601,000 | £15,393,000 | £3,010,000 | -£5,291,000 | £14,445,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £24,527,000 | £29,870,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £350,418,000 | £371,711,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £153,020,000 | £150,398,000 | |
| Equity | £153,090,000 | £166,585,000 | £174,932,000 | £153,020,000 | £150,398,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 2,894 | 2,942 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £112,480,000 | £119,967,000 |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 3.4% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | -1.5% | 4.4% | 0.8% | -1.4% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 3.6% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 66.6% | 68.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.04x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1.29x | 3.07x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors report that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of two years from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- VP PLC · parent
- Torrent Trackside Limited 100%
- HMT Hire Station Limited 100%
- Airpac Rentals Pte Limited 100%
- Airpac Bukom Oilfield Services Middle East FZE 100%
- Airpac Rentals (Australia) Pty Limited 100%
- Airpac Rentals Holdco Limited 100%
- Airpac Rentals UK Limited 100%
- VP GmbH 100%
- VP Equipment Rental (Ireland) Limited 100%
- VP Equipment Rental Pty Limited 100%
- VP TPA Limited 100%
- Tech Rentals (Malaysia) Sdn BHD 100%
- TR TechRentals Limited 100%
- Vidcom New Zealand Limited 100%
- Charleville Hire and Platform Limited 90%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-09-19 | — | — |
| BOTTOMLEY, Mark | Director | 2023-01-03 | Oct 1963 | British |
| PILKINGTON, Jeremy Frederic George | Director | — | Mar 1951 | British |
| SMITH, Richard | Director | 2025-02-01 | Apr 1974 | English |
| WATSON, Stuart William | Director | 2023-01-03 | Mar 1961 | British |
| WINSTANLEY, Keith John | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1982 | British |
| WOODWARK, Alice Elizabeth | Director | 2026-02-02 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAINBRIDGE, Allison Margaret | Secretary | 2011-03-01 | 2023-01-19 |
| BIELBY, Anna Catherine | Secretary | 2023-01-19 | 2023-09-19 |
| HOLT, Michael John | Secretary | 2004-07-05 | 2010-11-19 |
| MINCHELLA, Peter Damian | Secretary | — | 1994-02-17 |
| STOTHARD, Neil Andrew | Secretary | 2010-11-19 | 2011-03-01 |
| STOTHARD, Neil Andrew | Secretary | 1997-07-29 | 2004-07-05 |
| SWARBRICK, Rodney Victor | Secretary | 1997-05-31 | 1997-07-29 |
| SWARBRICK, Rodney Victor | Secretary | 1995-02-17 | 1995-03-20 |
| WOOLLEY, Eric Ryhs | Secretary | 1995-03-20 | 1997-05-31 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Allison Margaret | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Allison Margaret | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2011-03-01 |
| BIELBY, Anna Catherine | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2026-02-02 |
| COTTINGHAM, Barrie | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2009-09-08 |
| DODD, Ian James | Director | — | 1993-05-17 |
| DOUGHTY, Stuart John | Director | 1996-06-10 | 2000-01-04 |
| HEWITT, Ronald James | Director | 1994-09-12 | 1996-02-22 |
| HOLT, Michael John | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2010-11-19 |
| MAWDSLEY, Jack | Director | 1994-06-22 | 1996-04-01 |
| PARKIN, Peter Wheeldon | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2013-07-23 |
| PARTRIDGE, Neil Russell | Director | — | 1995-03-13 |
| PILKINGTON, Margaret Alice | Director | — | 1996-10-11 |
| ROGERS, Stephen | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| STOTHARD, Neil Andrew | Director | 1997-07-07 | 2023-09-30 |
| SWARBRICK, Rodney Victor | Director | 1993-04-05 | 1995-03-20 |
| SWARBRICK, Rodney Victor | Director | — | 1997-07-29 |
| WHITE, John Granville, Dr | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| WHITE, Philip Michael | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2025-06-30 |
| WOOLLEY, Eric Ryhs | Director | 1995-03-20 | 1997-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 330 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.1%
£368,691,000 £379,957,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
+21.8%
£24,527,000 £29,870,000
-
Net assets
-1.7%
£153,020,000 £150,398,000
-
Employees
+1.7%
2,894 2,942
-
Operating profit
+156.7%
£12,481,000 £32,038,000
-
Profit before tax
+663.2%
£2,846,000 £21,720,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£112,480,000 £119,967,000
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