VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
Cash
£1K
-29.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+12.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
78
+11.4% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+48.1% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,536,908 | — | £17,381,069 | £19,420,359 | |
| Operating profit | £1,049,870 | — | £779,414 | £1,062,357 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,033,683 | £930,312 | £731,450 | £1,083,317 | |
| Net profit | £807,721 | £801,737 | £551,450 | £771,513 | |
| Cash | £365,161 | £164,194 | £1,433 | £1,010 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,031,217 | £4,300,954 | £4,291,404 | £4,812,917 | |
| Net assets | £3,374,899 | £4,176,636 | £4,228,086 | £4,749,599 | |
| Equity | £3,374,899 | £4,176,636 | £4,228,086 | £4,749,599 | |
| Average employees | 64 | 67 | 70 | 78 | |
| Wages | £2,374,921 | £2,691,230 | £3,040,994 | £3,673,176 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | — | 4.5% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | — | 3.2% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.0% | — | 18.2% | 22.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.81x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 64.86x | — | 12.14x | — |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore the directors are of the opinion that it is correct 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
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIDE, Jan | Director | 2026-03-16 | Jan 1971 | Norwegian |
| HELSINGHOF, Henrik | Director | 2024-08-19 | Dec 1984 | Danish |
| NIELSEN, Mira Mi Song | Director | 2024-08-19 | Jul 1979 | Danish |
| OLLIF, Craig | Director | 2025-12-05 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIMAN, Mark Charles | Secretary | 1993-01-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| KRISTENSEN, Alex | Secretary | 2016-06-30 | 2019-04-17 |
| SOENDERGAARD, Erik | Secretary | 1993-01-01 | 1992-12-31 |
| ALLANACH, Greg | Director | 2022-09-05 | 2026-03-16 |
| AMANN, Kjeld | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2010-02-07 |
| ANDERSEN, John Riis | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2005-02-27 |
| BJERRE-MADSEN, Jens Oluf | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Henrik Uhd | Director | 2010-02-07 | 2023-01-18 |
| HARRIMAN, Mark Charles | Director | — | 2016-06-30 |
| KRISTENSEN, Alex | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2019-04-17 |
| KRISTENSEN, Annette Bjerring | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2016-01-29 |
| KRISTENSEN, Karoline Amalie | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2017-01-29 |
| KRISTENSEN, Kristoffer | Director | 2005-02-27 | 2017-01-29 |
| LILLEBÆK, Gert | Director | 2017-01-29 | 2024-08-19 |
| PEDERSEN, Vagn | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| SOENDERGAARD, Erik | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| SONGEDAL, Dag | Director | 2022-07-25 | 2025-10-01 |
| SORENSEN, Tage | Director | — | 2000-09-01 |
| TORNAES, Katty | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2000-02-14 |
| VAN DER DRIFT, Henk | Director | 2017-01-29 | 2018-03-01 |
| VETTESE, Ronald | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2022-04-20 |
| ØSTERGAARD, Allan Eggers | Director | 2017-01-29 | 2021-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ronald Vettese | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-17 | Ceased 2022-04-20 |
| Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-04-17 | Active |
| Mr Alex Kristensen | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-04-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+11.7%
£17,381,069 £19,420,359
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-29.5%
£1,433 £1,010
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+12.3%
£4,228,086 £4,749,599
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+11.4%
70 78
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+36.3%
£779,414 £1,062,357
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+48.1%
£731,450 £1,083,317
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+20.8%
£3,040,994 £3,673,176
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers