VENCAP INTERNATIONAL PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-4.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+2.8% vs 2023
Employees
29
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£294K
-68.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VENCAP INTERNATIONAL PLC 1999-07-21 → present
- VENCAP INTERNATIONAL FUND MANAGERS LIMITED 1988-01-19 → 1999-07-21
- CURSITOR (TWELVE 1987-10-13 → 1988-01-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,445,879 | £7,344,614 | |
| Operating profit | £691,520 | £182,017 | |
| Profit before tax | £938,390 | £294,247 | |
| Net profit | £714,503 | £209,339 | |
| Cash | £6,741,960 | £6,453,324 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,588,683 | £9,498,610 | |
| Net assets | £7,605,389 | £7,814,728 | |
| Equity | £7,605,389 | £7,814,728 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 29 | |
| Wages | £4,068,990 | £5,150,875 |
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 | 10.7% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.6% | 25.5% | |
| Current ratio | 9.87x | 10.45x | |
| Interest cover | 52.95x | 1.03x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approving these financial statements. The directors have accordingly continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company is developing climate change and sustainability considerations to incorporate into its business strategy, including commitment to a 4-year carbon removal programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEFORT, Kay Emily | Secretary | 2025-02-01 | — | — |
| CLARK, David Peter | Director | 2019-05-24 | Jul 1969 | British |
| CRUTTENDEN, Timothy Paul | Director | 2003-03-11 | Jul 1968 | British |
| GANN, David Michael, Professor | Director | 2020-07-14 | Sep 1960 | British |
| LASSETER, Simon Lyn | Director | 2011-11-09 | May 1966 | British |
| LEFORT, Kay Emily | Director | 2022-03-31 | May 1973 | British |
| RICHARDS, Mark William Lane | Director | 2019-09-19 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Ann Ruth | Secretary | — | 2011-11-09 |
| LASSETER, Simon Lyn | Secretary | 2011-11-09 | 2025-01-31 |
| ANDREW, Jeryl Christine | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2003-03-18 |
| ASHALL, Michael Leslie | Director | — | 2011-01-28 |
| ASHWORTH, Michelle Louise | Director | 2014-10-23 | 2016-03-01 |
| BAIRD, Robert Stewart Mcglashan | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2012-12-10 |
| COOKE, Ann Ruth | Director | — | 2020-08-07 |
| CRAIG, Michael David | Director | 2008-01-22 | 2019-05-05 |
| DICKS, Peter Frederick | Director | 1992-07-18 | 2006-09-08 |
| GAMBLE, David John | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2021-03-31 |
| JAY, Ian | Director | 1992-07-01 | 2003-11-05 |
| LATTA, Allen Jay | Director | 2002-09-11 | 2006-10-18 |
| RIDGE, Alison Claire | Director | 2019-12-09 | 2021-12-31 |
| SMITH, Charles Gregory | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2003-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Leslie Ashall | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-09-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-17 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2020-09-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-09-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+13.9%
£6,445,879 £7,344,614
-
Cash
-4.3%
£6,741,960 £6,453,324
-
Net assets
+2.8%
£7,605,389 £7,814,728
-
Employees
+3.6%
28 29
-
Operating profit
-73.7%
£691,520 £182,017
-
Profit before tax
-68.6%
£938,390 £294,247
-
Wages
+26.6%
£4,068,990 £5,150,875
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