VINDIS GROUP LIMITED — The Accounts

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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

None on the register

Cash

£107

-56.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£13M

-26.4% vs 2023

Employees

721

-7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£4M

-4,128.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

VINDIS GROUP LIMITED 1994-12-30 → present
F. VINDIS & SONS (BEDFORD) LIMITED 1985-01-18 → 1994-12-30

Net assets

4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

VINDIS GROUP LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	£436,055,174	£387,086,366
Operating profit	—	—	£3,386,111	-£913,999
Profit before tax	—	—	£107,146	-£4,316,495
Net profit	—	£15,691,258	-£69,524	-£4,320,864
Cash	—	—	£245	£107
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	£18,527,225	£13,752,716
Net assets	£2,694,696	£1,702,704	£18,099,680	£13,313,816
Equity	—	£1,702,704	£18,099,680	£13,313,816
Average employees	177	184	775	721
Wages	£5,976,061	£6,113,903	£28,127,091	£27,796,099

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	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	0.8%	-0.2%
Net margin	—	—	-0.0%	-1.1%
Return on capital employed	—	—	18.3%	-6.6%
Current ratio	—	—	0.97x	0.91x
Interest cover	—	—	1.01x	-0.26x

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: Consolidated group
Auditor: Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“For the year ending 31 December 2024, the Vindis Group generated a trading loss of £913K. This poor performance was a result of many different factors, some of which were within our control, others what were not. This was further compounded by high interest costs because of our vehicle stocking facility. ... Based on the detailed forecasts prepared by management, the board has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to trade for the foreseeable future, being the period of at least 12 months form the date of signing and approving these financial statements. Accordingly, the board continues to adopt the going concern basis when preparing this Annual Report and Financial Statements.”

Group structure

VINDIS GROUP LIMITED · parent
1. F Vindis & Sons (Bedford) Limited 100% · UK · Motor dealership
2. F Vindis & Sons (Sawston) Limited 100% · UK · Motor dealership
3. F Vindis & Sons (St Ives) Limited 100% · UK · Motor dealership
4. F Vindis & Sons (Peterborough) Limited 100% · UK · Motor dealership
5. Vindis Developments Limited 100% · UK · Motor dealership
6. Vindis Trade Parts Limited 100% · UK · Trade parts distribution
7. Epic Parts Limited 100% · UK · Activities of call centres

Significant events

“2024 proved to be one of the most challenging years experienced by the company in recent times, with head winds coming from both macro-economic factors, new car supply and staffing.”
“The group moved its offsite storage and fleet preparation to another external provider in the first half of the year which has seen a much better level of service and a cost reduction.”
“The decision was made to close our Bentley new car site in Cambridge in Q3 due to the lack of demand. The group has used the site to launch a new venture called Three 10 Automotive, which sells and services premium used vehicles.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 7 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
POTTER, Timothy John	Secretary	2023-01-01	—	—
VINDIS, Gary Frank	Director	—	Dec 1945	British
VINDIS, Jamie Francis	Director	2013-04-18	Mar 1976	British
VINDIS, Tara Michelle	Director	2023-01-01	Mar 1974	British

Show 7 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FOSSEY, Stephen Geoffrey	Secretary	2013-04-18	2023-01-01
HARRISON, Irene Lesley	Secretary	1994-12-19	1994-12-30
PARK, Eric Campbell	Secretary	1994-12-16	1996-04-05
VINDIS, Gary Frank	Secretary	—	1994-12-16
VINDIS, Nigel Anthony	Secretary	1996-04-05	2013-04-18
VINDIS, Nigel Anthony	Director	—	2013-04-18
VINDIS, Tara Michelle	Director	2014-04-25	2018-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Gary Frank Vindis	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2022-08-26	Active
Mr Gary Frank Vindis	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-08-26
Estate Of Nigel Anthony Vindis	Legal person	ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-08-26

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 169 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-12-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-12-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2023-01-05	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-01-05	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-01-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-12-16	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-15	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-15	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-15	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-11-15	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2022-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-09-21	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2021-12-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-01-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-11.2%

£436,055,174 £387,086,366
Cash

-56.3%

£245 £107
Net assets

-26.4%

£18,099,680 £13,313,816
Employees

-7%

775 721
Operating profit

-127%

£3,386,111 -£913,999
Profit before tax

-4,128.6%

£107,146 -£4,316,495
Wages

-1.2%

£28,127,091 £27,796,099

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

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