VOW EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-28 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£737K
-14.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+256.5% vs 2023
Employees
1,313
+21.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-18.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VOW EUROPE LIMITED 2008-05-30 → present
- KINGFIELD HEATH LIMITED 2000-04-07 → 2008-05-30
- KINGFIELD WHOLESALE OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED 1975-03-20 → 2000-04-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £225,979,000 | £229,482,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,772,000 | £5,066,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,748,000 | £1,426,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,052,000 | £1,750,000 | |
| Cash | £860,000 | £737,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,156,000 | £26,229,000 | |
| Net assets | £658,000 | £2,346,000 | |
| Equity | £658,000 | £2,346,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,083 | 1,313 | |
| Wages | £40,879,000 | £43,201,000 |
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 | 3.4% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.4% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.6% | 98.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 1.29x | 1.39x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- VOW EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Vow Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end the group has made changes to the financing structure, further information on the funding of the evo Group is provided in the evo Business Supplies Limited Group accounts.”
- “Price inflation is a key issue for our business and in 2024 we saw significant price increases from suppliers. These cost pressures have decreased as we move into 2025, however we will continue to pass these cost pressures through to our customers in our pricing.”
- “Vow Europe Limited is aware of the 2023 ruling in the Virgin Media vs NTL Pension Trustee case and subsequent court of appeal ruling published in July 2024.”
- “On 21 March 2025 evo Business Supplies Limited was acquired by evo International Holdings Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of evo Global Holdings Limited, through a management buyout transaction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAXTED, Jonathan | Secretary | 2020-06-30 | — | — |
| BURKE, Ashley | Director | 2024-05-09 | Feb 1974 | Irish |
| BUTLER, Adrian Peter | Director | 2010-09-30 | Feb 1972 | British |
| GALE, Andrew Peter | Director | 2010-10-31 | Jan 1970 | British |
| MAXTED, Jonathan Ian | Director | 2022-12-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| ROLFE, Jonathan | Director | 2016-04-26 | Nov 1968 | British |
| WEEDALL, Martin | Director | 2025-02-28 | Jul 1971 | British |
| WHITE, John Fitzgerald | Director | 2025-10-23 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORSTER, John Henry Knight | Secretary | — | 2004-12-15 |
| FULLER, Colin Eric | Secretary | 2004-12-15 | 2005-06-30 |
| GALE, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2010-10-31 | 2014-06-24 |
| JOHNSTON, Wilfred Mark | Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2010-10-31 |
| MENDELSÖHN, Lorna Kathleen | Secretary | 2014-06-24 | 2020-06-30 |
| BALDREY, Robert Rolph | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2016-04-13 |
| BARCLAY, Alan | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2010-06-24 |
| BARCLAY, Alan | Director | 2000-11-09 | 2007-06-06 |
| BURKILL, John Stephen | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-12-18 |
| CHAPMAN, Graeme Herbert | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Robert James | Director | — | 2003-10-06 |
| FORSTER, John Henry Knight | Director | 1983-05-06 | 2004-12-15 |
| FULLER, Colin Eric | Director | 2001-09-07 | 2005-06-30 |
| GRASSBY, David William | Director | — | 1998-12-11 |
| HAWORTH, Stephen | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2022-12-12 |
| HEWSON, Jeffrey Knox | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2002-07-19 |
| HICKMAN, Alan Trevor | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| HORNE, Stephen James | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2016-04-26 |
| JOHNSTON, Wilfred Mark | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2010-10-31 |
| LEONARD, David Charles | Director | 2001-07-20 | 2004-12-15 |
| MARTIN, Richard Joseph Fitzgerald | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2009-10-06 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Simon Dominic | Director | 2024-05-09 | 2025-10-17 |
| MITCHELL, Nigel | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2014-08-29 |
| MITCHELL, Nigel | Director | 1995-09-06 | 2007-06-06 |
| MORLEY, Trevor Granville | Director | — | 2000-02-01 |
| MURPHY, Roger William | Director | — | 1995-04-30 |
| NEWTON, Ian | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2015-02-18 |
| PERRY, Raymond George | Director | 1998-05-14 | 2002-04-01 |
| PRENTIS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 1996-07-15 | 2001-04-30 |
| ROGERS, Nicholas John | Director | 1994-11-16 | 2002-01-31 |
| SMITH, Steve | Director | 2024-05-09 | 2025-02-28 |
| STACEY, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2016-07-25 | 2018-07-17 |
| TOWLER, Jon | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2007-06-06 |
| WALTERS, Peter Philip | Director | — | 1993-12-22 |
| WILLIAMS, Ian Paul | Director | — | 2004-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endless Iii General Partner Llp | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-22 |
| Endless Llp | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-22 |
| Endless Ii Gp Llp | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Evo Group Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 286 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
+1.6%
£225,979,000 £229,482,000
-
Cash
-14.3%
£860,000 £737,000
-
Net assets
+256.5%
£658,000 £2,346,000
-
Employees
+21.2%
1,083 1,313
-
Operating profit
-34.8%
£7,772,000 £5,066,000
-
Profit before tax
-18.4%
£1,748,000 £1,426,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£40,879,000 £43,201,000
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