VAX LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-26 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
-22.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+167% vs 2023
Employees
310
+4.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+214.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VAX LIMITED 1993-08-09 → present
- VAX APPLIANCES LIMITED 1977-12-01 → 1993-08-09
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 | £156,532,275 | £154,054,657 | |
| Operating profit | £1,340,107 | £3,473,413 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,104,706 | £3,473,156 | |
| Net profit | £1,104,706 | £3,496,341 | |
| Cash | £21,703,314 | £16,730,774 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£9,010,124 | £6,449,771 | |
| Net assets | -£9,260,124 | £6,199,771 | |
| Equity | -£9,260,124 | £6,199,771 | |
| Average employees | 297 | 310 | |
| Wages | £12,701,079 | £13,993,259 |
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 | 0.9% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.9% | 53.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.89x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 4.17x | 15.19x |
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 and reviewing cash flow forecasts and available facilities for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, the Directors have formed a judgment at the time of approving the financial statements that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON, Danielle Maree | Director | 2022-02-23 | May 1986 | Australian |
| WINTERBOTTOM, David | Director | 2016-12-31 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Robin Clive | Secretary | — | 1992-07-17 |
| JEBSON, Lawrence Ian | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1999-11-26 |
| RAYBOULD, Michael | Secretary | 2004-05-24 | 2017-02-02 |
| RUSHTON, Peter Jonathan | Secretary | 1992-07-17 | 1995-11-14 |
| SHEFFIELD, Peter Mark | Secretary | 1999-11-26 | 2004-03-31 |
| AUSTEN, Patrick George | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2008-02-07 |
| BAYLISS, Robin Clive | Director | — | 1992-07-17 |
| BRAZIER, Alan John | Director | — | 1997-10-24 |
| BRAZIER, Ian Gordon | Director | — | 1995-11-14 |
| BREWIN, Geoffrey Martin | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-11-07 |
| BROOKS, Charles | Director | — | 1994-08-16 |
| BUTTS, David Lyle | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2013-08-28 |
| CAPRON-TEE, Grahame Gerald | Director | — | 1992-08-18 |
| CHAN, Chi Chung | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2013-08-28 |
| DOUGLAS, Alec | Director | 1992-07-17 | 1995-08-31 |
| DUARTE, Alex Miquel Braz | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2019-02-04 |
| GARDINER, Anthony Martin | Director | 1994-03-21 | 1995-09-26 |
| HEELEY, Karen Jean | Director | — | 1992-07-17 |
| JEBSON, Lawrence Ian | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2002-05-31 |
| LAUTENSCHLAEGER, David Allen | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2022-02-23 |
| LAWSON, Simon | Director | 2003-04-22 | 2016-08-25 |
| MARRIOTT, Keith William | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2003-04-30 |
| MARSTON, Phillip James | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1997-11-05 |
| PAL, Ravi | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-10-31 |
| PUDWILL, Horst Julius | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2013-08-28 |
| QUINLAN, Peter Graham | Director | 1992-07-17 | 1993-04-30 |
| RAWSON, Kim Patrick | Director | 1993-12-13 | 1995-11-14 |
| RAYBOULD, Michael Trevor | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2017-02-02 |
| RUSHTON, Peter Jonathan | Director | 1992-07-17 | 1995-12-31 |
| STRETCH, Julian Piers | Director | 1995-02-20 | 1995-11-14 |
| TISO, Graham | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1995-11-14 |
| WILKIE, Lynne Denise | Director | — | 1992-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-29 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-11-12 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-12 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-29 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-29 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-07-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-04-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 5
- 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
-1.6%
£156,532,275 £154,054,657
-
Cash
-22.9%
£21,703,314 £16,730,774
-
Net assets
+167%
-£9,260,124 £6,199,771
-
Employees
+4.4%
297 310
-
Operating profit
+159.2%
£1,340,107 £3,473,413
-
Profit before tax
+214.4%
£1,104,706 £3,473,156
-
Wages
+10.2%
£12,701,079 £13,993,259
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