VALE FURNISHERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£259K
-81.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
+0.6% vs 2024
Employees
50
-3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£228K
-72.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VALE FURNISHERS LTD 1999-04-28 → present
- VALE WHOLESALE LIMITED 1986-09-19 → 1999-04-28
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £8,477,443 | £7,402,617 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £841,613 | £209,735 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £840,570 | £227,974 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £569,916 | £124,059 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,406,545 | £258,539 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £21,025,242 | £21,143,176 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £20,936,878 | £21,060,937 | |
| Equity | — | £17,693,294 | £18,974,349 | £20,077,266 | £20,366,962 | £20,936,878 | £21,060,937 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | 50 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,602,147 | £2,301,271 |
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 | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 9.9% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.7% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 4.0% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 8.7% | 7.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 6.18x | 7.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 136.49x | 1219.39x |
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
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The principal business risks and uncertainties affecting the company are considered to relate to competition for market share and effective selection of the product range.”
- “The company faces exposure to price risk due to the competitive nature of the market in which it operates.”
- “The company is exposed to foreign currency risk as it deals with a number of European suppliers.”
- “There is always the possibility that an economic downturn will negatively impact the results of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER, Alan Roy | Secretary | — | — | British |
| CHANDLER, Alan Roy | Director | — | Jul 1952 | British |
| CHANDLER, Mark Alan | Director | 2004-11-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| CHANDLER, Vanessa Jane | Director | 1999-05-01 | Apr 1955 | British |
| MUNDELL, Alex | Director | 1999-05-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER, Colin Ralph | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Alan Chandler | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-04-03 | Active |
| Mrs Vanessa Jane Chandler | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-04 | Ceased 2020-04-03 |
| Mr Alan Roy Chandler | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-12.7%
£8,477,443 £7,402,617
-
Cash
-81.6%
£1,406,545 £258,539
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£20,936,878 £21,060,937
-
Employees
-3.8%
52 50
-
Operating profit
-75.1%
£841,613 £209,735
-
Profit before tax
-72.9%
£840,570 £227,974
-
Wages
-11.6%
£2,602,147 £2,301,271
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