VOLKERHIGHWAYS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10K
-9.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
-10.5% vs 2023
Employees
386
-22.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-24.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VOLKERHIGHWAYS LIMITED 2009-02-27 → present
- GABRIEL (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED 1959-10-01 → 2009-02-27
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 | £171,931,000 | £121,013,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,133,000 | £3,648,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,760,000 | £4,339,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,481,000 | £3,223,000 | |
| Cash | £11,000 | £10,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,511,000 | £16,345,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,346,000 | £11,055,000 | |
| Equity | £12,346,000 | £11,055,000 | |
| Average employees | 500 | 386 | |
| Wages | £25,090,000 | £21,103,000 |
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 | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.1% | 22.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.2% | 74.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 30.37x | 12.62x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the facilities available from VolkerWessels UK Limited, along with the Company's net current assets position and strength of the forward secured order book, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements (see note 2.3 for further details).”
Group structure
- VOLKERHIGHWAYS LIMITED · parent
- CVU 0.4%
Significant events
- “We were successful in securing new contract awards, with the confirmation of a successful tender for West Sussex County Council at the end of the year (commencing on 1st April 2025), and the securing of extensions to our existing contracts with Bath & North East Somerset Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROOM, Simon Patrick | Director | 2023-07-12 | Feb 1978 | British |
| HARRIS, Anita Suzanne | Director | 2023-07-12 | Oct 1975 | British |
| OFFORD, Richard Andrew | Director | 2022-08-25 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WALSH, Peter Francis | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1978 | British,Irish |
| WILBRAM, Andrew Philip | Director | 2020-12-21 | May 1969 | British |
| WOODS, Matthew Gordon | Director | 2011-03-15 | May 1965 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Richard John | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2006-12-31 |
| SMITH, Henry James Arthur | Secretary | — | 2000-03-31 |
| WAIN, Peter Michael | Secretary | 2006-12-31 | 2009-02-10 |
| WEST, Alison Taylor | Secretary | 2009-02-10 | 2014-07-31 |
| BALDWIN, Michael Leonard | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-06-28 |
| CARTER, Richard John | Director | 1996-11-20 | 2006-12-31 |
| CONNELL, Naomi Anne | Director | 2010-01-11 | 2023-07-16 |
| DE JONG, Andries Johannes | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| DYNE, Joanna Clare | Director | 2022-08-25 | 2023-07-13 |
| ELDERS, James | Director | 2006-11-20 | 2008-08-31 |
| GABRIEL, Celt Owen | Director | — | 1996-10-18 |
| GARRAD-COLE, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1996-11-11 |
| GRIER, David Joseph | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-05-03 |
| HUMPHRIES, Jonathon Michael | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2022-05-11 |
| HYDE, Peter Anthony | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2015-10-30 |
| KELLY, Brian Thomas | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2009-10-13 |
| RASHEED, Rob | Director | 2007-01-15 | 2009-05-22 |
| ROBERTSON, Alan Robert | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| SIMMS, Gareth | Director | 2013-07-29 | 2015-02-16 |
| SMITH, Henry James Arthur | Director | — | 2007-01-31 |
| THOMPSON, Alistair Gordon | Director | 2015-10-23 | 2024-04-09 |
| VERWEIJ, Leon Antonius Maria | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2009-05-18 |
| WAIN, Peter Michael | Director | 2006-01-05 | 2009-10-13 |
| WALLER, Derek | Director | 2009-07-15 | 2010-05-04 |
| WILSON, Nicholas Giles | Director | 1996-11-20 | 2009-10-13 |
| WILSON, Thomas | Director | — | 2005-01-01 |
| VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-05-18 | 2020-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkerwessels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-29.6%
£171,931,000 £121,013,000
-
Cash
-9.1%
£11,000 £10,000
-
Net assets
-10.5%
£12,346,000 £11,055,000
-
Employees
-22.8%
500 386
-
Operating profit
-28.9%
£5,133,000 £3,648,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.7%
£5,760,000 £4,339,000
-
Wages
-15.9%
£25,090,000 £21,103,000
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