ZENITH VEHICLE CONTRACTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
Cash
£30M
+274.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£125M
-20.5% vs 2024
Employees
410
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£36M
-249.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ZENITH VEHICLE CONTRACTS LIMITED 2003-11-21 → present
- ZENITH VEHICLE CONTRACTS PLC 1989-05-26 → 2003-11-21
- ZENITH CONTRACTS LIMITED 1988-08-11 → 1989-05-26
- BITEMIX LIMITED 1988-06-15 → 1988-08-11
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 | £345,809,000 | £401,909,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,966,000 | -£45,610,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,948,000 | -£35,809,000 | |
| Net profit | £20,602,000 | -£32,045,000 | |
| Cash | £7,882,000 | £29,508,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £339,462,000 | £312,705,000 | |
| Net assets | £156,650,000 | £124,605,000 | |
| Equity | £156,650,000 | £124,605,000 | |
| Average employees | 411 | 410 | |
| Wages | £16,427,000 | £17,739,000 |
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 | 4.0% | -11.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | -8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | -14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.0% | 85.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 2.92x | -6.76x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Group have considered the adoption of the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements given the economic climate and have formed the conclusion that there are no material uncertainties with respect to the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- ZENITH VEHICLE CONTRACTS LIMITED · parent
- Zenith EF Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There are no post balance sheet events to report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Manisha Kantilal | Secretary | 2020-04-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Nicola | Director | 2024-07-24 | Jul 1983 | British |
| JENKINS, Martin Alexander | Director | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| JONES, Richard Andrew | Director | 2025-03-24 | Jul 1972 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Mark Trevor, Mr. | Director | 1998-09-14 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Wilfred | Secretary | — | 1998-05-31 |
| JONES, Sally Elizabeth | Secretary | 2010-01-28 | 2017-06-30 |
| RAWNSLEY, Patrick James | Secretary | 2017-07-17 | 2019-11-25 |
| TURK, Adam John | Secretary | 1998-06-11 | 2010-01-28 |
| BUCHAN, Timothy Peter | Director | 2005-11-14 | 2025-03-21 |
| BUTLER, Robert Alan | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| CONNOR, Mark | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2019-06-30 |
| COPE, Andrew Iain | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2014-02-28 |
| CRESWICK, Benjamin James | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2012-05-31 |
| DEAN, Henry Thomas Howard | Director | — | 2003-12-22 |
| ELLIOTT, John | Director | — | 2003-12-22 |
| ELLIS, Wilfred | Director | — | 1998-05-31 |
| GIBSON, Ian Robert | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2025-06-20 |
| HOLLAND, Martin Peter | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| HUGHES, Ian Monro | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2026-02-11 |
| JEROME, Philip Victor | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| KING, Jeffrey Steven | Director | — | 2003-12-22 |
| KIRBY, Andrew | Director | 2013-11-11 | 2025-11-21 |
| LOSEBY, David Lloyd | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2006-07-31 |
| MOON, Gerard Leslie | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2008-11-12 |
| ROSE, Claudia Giuliana Maria | Director | 2012-10-17 | 2016-03-11 |
| THOMPSON, Matthew Longstreth | Director | 2016-01-06 | 2017-01-06 |
| WARD, Mark Willis Partington, Doctor | Director | — | 2000-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-01-26 | Active |
| Zvc Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1274 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+16.2%
£345,809,000 £401,909,000
-
Cash
+274.4%
£7,882,000 £29,508,000
-
Net assets
-20.5%
£156,650,000 £124,605,000
-
Employees
-0.2%
411 410
-
Operating profit
-426.6%
£13,966,000 -£45,610,000
-
Profit before tax
-249.5%
£23,948,000 -£35,809,000
-
Wages
+8%
£16,427,000 £17,739,000
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