JOHN VEITCH LIMITED
Get an alert when JOHN VEITCH LIMITED 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
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£528K
+2,336% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£783K
-31.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
47
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£106K
-126.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOHN VEITCH LIMITED 1988-03-15 → present
- SOURCEPRIOR LIMITED 1987-12-28 → 1988-03-15
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,408,143 | £9,773,535 | £8,801,962 | |
| Operating profit | £1,263,642 | — | £407,932 | £661,479 | £137,377 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £571,967 | £261,718 | £393,033 | -£105,805 | |
| Net profit | £662,646 | £463,522 | — | £317,535 | -£131,808 | |
| Cash | £461,441 | £245,511 | -£472,374 | £21,691 | £528,386 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,204,805 | £1,382,837 | £1,256,146 | £1,284,497 | £853,698 | |
| Net assets | £803,264 | £1,058,786 | £1,035,237 | £1,141,772 | £782,964 | |
| Equity | £803,264 | £1,058,786 | £1,035,237 | £1,141,772 | £782,964 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 52 | 48 | 47 | 47 | |
| Wages | — | £1,288,878 | £1,141,245 | £1,209,442 | £1,193,736 |
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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.9% | 6.8% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 3.2% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 104.9% | — | 32.5% | 51.5% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.20x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.01x | 2.46x | 0.56x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, confirming sufficient headroom and resources to cover liabilities and no reason to believe circumstances will change. Directors adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JOHN VEITCH LIMITED · parent
- Indus Consumer Products Private Limited 0.75%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEPSON, Graham Dean | Secretary | 2021-06-01 | — | — |
| BOUABIDA, Michelle Victoria | Director | 2021-06-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| BOUABIDA, Mohamed | Director | 2006-03-28 | Sep 1963 | British |
| JEPSON, Graham Dean | Director | 2013-05-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Nigel Townley | Secretary | 1992-08-26 | 1994-08-08 |
| POINTON, Philip Julian | Secretary | 2007-02-21 | 2021-06-01 |
| VEITCH, Norma | Secretary | 1994-08-08 | 2006-03-28 |
| VEITCH, Norma | Secretary | — | 1992-08-26 |
| DORAN, John | Director | 1994-04-11 | 2001-05-01 |
| EDEN, David Michael | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2004-08-12 |
| GREEN, Nigel Townley | Director | — | 1994-08-08 |
| HUGHES, Angela | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2013-03-25 |
| LATHAM, Ian Michael Wilkinson | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2006-03-28 |
| NOWELL, Roger Edmund | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2014-04-30 |
| POINTON, Philip Julian | Director | 2004-09-16 | 2021-06-01 |
| STEAVENSON, David Henry Michael John | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2006-03-28 |
| VEITCH, John William Frank | Director | — | 2006-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jvl Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2020-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-9.9%
£9,773,535 £8,801,962
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+2,336%
£21,691 £528,386
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-31.4%
£1,141,772 £782,964
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
0%
47 47
-
Operating profit
-79.2%
£661,479 £137,377
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-126.9%
£393,033 -£105,805
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-1.3%
£1,209,442 £1,193,736
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