VSL SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-08 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-24.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-63.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
+36.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VSL SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 1988-11-11 → present
- MANTASPRINT LIMITED 1988-08-10 → 1988-11-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,362,000 | £41,791,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,459,000 | £1,929,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,695,000 | £2,312,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,430,000 | £1,944,000 | |
| Cash | £11,570,000 | £8,713,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,666,000 | £3,914,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,468,000 | £3,849,000 | |
| Equity | £10,468,000 | £3,849,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 3.4% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | 49.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.9% | 79.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 29.78x | 60.28x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have not identified any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twenty-five months from the balance sheet date, and at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PELTZER, Christophe Jean | Secretary | 2016-09-29 | — | — |
| BELLAMY, Martin Richard | Director | 2024-12-17 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MONDON, Jean Yves | Director | 2002-04-30 | May 1969 | French |
| PELTZER, Christophe Jean | Director | 2016-09-29 | Jun 1966 | French |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGMORE, Robin Allan | Secretary | 2004-08-01 | 2005-05-23 |
| PHILLIPS, Peter Frederick | Secretary | 1992-03-26 | 2004-07-31 |
| SELVA, Gilles | Secretary | 2005-05-23 | 2010-06-30 |
| THOME, Gerald | Secretary | 2010-06-30 | 2015-11-30 |
| VANHEUVERSWYN, Antoine Francois Marie-Joel | Secretary | 2015-11-30 | 2016-09-29 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1992-03-26 |
| BUCKLAND, John Charles | Director | — | 1996-11-12 |
| CARDWELL, John Stephen | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2005-08-31 |
| CRILLON, Olivier Georges | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2015-11-30 |
| DE MEULENAERE, Maximillien, Bernard | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2014-03-01 |
| HUGHES, Peter Anthony | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2024-04-18 |
| MESTERLING, Norman Edward | Director | 1996-11-12 | 1999-12-31 |
| PETREL, Christophe | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2015-07-01 |
| ROSSETTO, Alain Jean, Mr. | Director | 2024-04-18 | 2024-12-17 |
| ROTH, Juerg | Director | — | 1994-11-17 |
| THIERRY, Bruno Maurice Michel | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2010-06-30 |
| THOME, Gerald | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2015-11-28 |
| VANHEUVERSWYN, Antoine Francois Marie-Joel | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2016-09-29 |
| WLODKOWSKI, Hans | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2002-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vsl International A.G. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Bouygues S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
-3.6%
£43,362,000 £41,791,000
-
Cash
-24.7%
£11,570,000 £8,713,000
-
Net assets
-63.2%
£10,468,000 £3,849,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+32.2%
£1,459,000 £1,929,000
-
Profit before tax
+36.4%
£1,695,000 £2,312,000
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