VISION (OFFICE AUTOMATION) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£588K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
53
Average over period
Profit before tax
£421K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- VISION (OFFICE AUTOMATION) LIMITED 2004-07-15 → present
- VISION (OFFICE AUTOMATION) PLC 1994-02-11 → 2004-07-15
- IMAGES (CITY) LIMITED 1993-04-23 → 1994-02-11
- HERTS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1985-04-25 → 1993-04-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,542,854 | £15,120,504 | |
| Operating profit | £1,971,990 | £463,462 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,949,120 | £421,314 | |
| Net profit | £1,646,569 | £266,924 | |
| Cash | £1,240,518 | £588,469 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,746,880 | £5,432,972 | |
| Net assets | £4,746,880 | £5,013,804 | |
| Equity | £4,746,880 | £5,013,804 | |
| Average employees | 52 | 53 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.5% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 86.23x | 14.45x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company and its Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The directors have considered the potential impact of a macroeconomic downturn and the Group's financing facilities and future funding plans and have concluded that there are no material uncertainties relating to going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, Allen | Director | 1992-01-17 | Mar 1949 | British |
| BOND, Philip Roy | Director | 2009-10-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| ROBINSON, Earl | Director | 1994-05-19 | Mar 1961 | British |
| ROYSTON, James Edward | Director | 2020-04-17 | May 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLETON, Nigel | Secretary | 2009-01-05 | 2012-06-26 |
| BOND, Ann | Secretary | 1994-01-19 | 1995-01-19 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Gregory Jonathon | Secretary | 2013-07-17 | 2014-04-30 |
| HARRISON, Irene Lesley | Nominee Secretary | 1994-02-02 | 1994-02-11 |
| HOME, Michael Frederick | Secretary | 1999-01-26 | 2009-01-05 |
| RABONE, Robert | Secretary | — | 1994-01-19 |
| ROBINSON, Earl | Secretary | 1995-01-19 | 1999-01-26 |
| APPLETON, Nigel | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2012-06-26 |
| BAXTER, George Paul Martin | Director | 1992-01-17 | 1992-04-01 |
| LOGAN, Darren | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| MCLOONE, John | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2024-10-29 |
| RABONE, Robert | Director | — | 1994-01-19 |
| ROBINSON, Earl | Director | 1992-01-17 | 1994-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-09-30 | Active |
| Visiontel Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-30 |
| Mr Allen Bond | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Philip Roy Bond | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Earl Robinson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31