VTECH ELECTRONICS EUROPE PLC
Get an alert when VTECH ELECTRONICS EUROPE PLC files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+12.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+7.1% vs 2024
Employees
33
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+5.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VTECH ELECTRONICS EUROPE PLC 2001-05-04 → present
- VTECH ELECTRONICS (UK) PLC 1994-06-23 → 2001-05-04
- VTECH ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1987-10-14 → 1994-06-23
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 | £55,585,000 | £57,907,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,661,000 | £1,748,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,654,000 | £1,744,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,232,000 | £1,280,000 | |
| Cash | £8,631,000 | £9,747,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,968,000 | £19,248,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,968,000 | £19,248,000 | |
| Equity | £17,968,000 | £19,248,000 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 33 | |
| Wages | £1,730,000 | £1,855,000 |
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 | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 9.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.2% | 26.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.65x | 3.95x | |
| Interest cover | 237.29x | 437.00x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Baby monitor products continued to sell well with higher revenue further strengthening our position as the number one baby monitor brand in the UK.”
- “VTech remains a leader in children's electronic learning products as it continues to create innovative, age-appropriate educational toys by adapting proven technologies and riding on the latest market trends.”
- “Sales of standalone products rose across both VTech and LeapFrog brands. For VTech, the growth was mainly driven by an increase in sales of infant and toddler products. Growth at LeapFrog was led by an increase in sales of infant, toddler and green products as well as the Magic Adventure range of products.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKIVITT, Steven | Secretary | 2026-02-02 | — | — |
| CHANG, Yu Wai | Director | 2003-02-28 | Dec 1959 | British |
| LEUNG, Hon Kwong Andy | Director | 2009-01-01 | Nov 1958 | Canadian |
| PANG, King Fai | Director | 2007-04-20 | Oct 1955 | American |
| TONG, Ka Hung | Director | 2004-03-24 | Jun 1968 | Chinese |
| WONG, Chi Yun Allan | Director | — | Nov 1950 | Chinese |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 1993-09-30 | 1999-07-02 |
| HEYDE, Sidney Arthur | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2000-11-17 |
| MACGREGOR, Walter | Secretary | — | 1993-08-09 |
| MASON, Stephen | Secretary | 2000-11-17 | 2026-02-02 |
| SAWFORD, John Nicholl | Secretary | 1999-09-24 | 2000-06-30 |
| ARMSTRONG, Edward Barry | Director | — | 2000-11-20 |
| DICKSON, Andrew Philip | Director | 2004-03-24 | 2007-05-15 |
| FISHER, Christopher Paul | Director | 2001-08-20 | 2002-12-09 |
| HEYDE, Sidney Arthur | Director | — | 1993-10-01 |
| HO HOOK-LAM, William | Director | — | 2002-07-01 |
| HYDE, Sidney Arthur | Director | 1996-07-23 | 2000-11-20 |
| LAW, Wai Leung Paddy | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2004-01-01 |
| LEE, Wai Kien | Director | 1994-06-24 | 2007-04-20 |
| SAWFORD, John Nicholl | Director | 1999-09-24 | 2000-06-30 |
| SIVYER, John | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2002-01-18 |
| TSO, Alan Yan Wing | Director | 2002-12-09 | 2004-10-15 |
| YING, Lin Kwan | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2009-01-01 |
| YING, Lin Kwan Edwin | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2004-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vtech Electronics Europe B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2020-07-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2020-07-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£55,585,000 £57,907,000
-
Cash
+12.9%
£8,631,000 £9,747,000
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£17,968,000 £19,248,000
-
Employees
-2.9%
34 33
-
Operating profit
+5.2%
£1,661,000 £1,748,000
-
Profit before tax
+5.4%
£1,654,000 £1,744,000
-
Wages
+7.2%
£1,730,000 £1,855,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers