VITRA (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+28.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-24.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
46
-4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-356.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VITRA (U.K.) LIMITED 1995-08-30 → present
- VITRA SANITARYWARE MARKETING (U.K.) LIMITED 1992-08-19 → 1995-08-30
- PRAISEMETHOD LIMITED 1992-07-15 → 1992-08-19
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,856,481 | £21,664,455 | £28,018,590 | £22,001,906 | |
| Operating profit | £1,079,976 | £728,573 | -£438,293 | -£1,870,264 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,033,833 | £694,303 | -£397,724 | -£1,816,506 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£174,274 | -£1,283,344 | |
| Cash | £355,182 | £401,849 | £1,213,601 | £1,557,060 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,316,928 | £5,505,200 | £4,937,113 | £3,678,765 | |
| Net assets | £4,316,928 | £4,856,551 | £5,249,750 | £3,966,406 | |
| Equity | £4,316,928 | £4,856,551 | £5,249,750 | £3,966,406 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 40 | 48 | 46 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,630,799 | £2,686,746 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 3.4% | -1.6% | -8.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.6% | -5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.0% | 13.2% | -8.9% | -50.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.29x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 22.45x | 19.75x | -313.96x | -10626.50x |
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
“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.”
Group structure
- VITRA (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- VitrA Bathrooms India Private Limited 0.9%
Significant events
- “The continued macro pressures on the market have provided a slow start in 2025. Lower consumer confidence and pressures on disposable income, due to the cost-of-living increases, mean high ticket sales such as bathrooms are under pressure. The housing market continues to be sluggish, leading to lower opportunities in this important drive for growth.”
- “As at the date of signing, Vitra (U.K.) Limited is not aware of any subsequent events that would impact the financial statements”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Tamara Clair | Secretary | 2023-08-02 | — | — |
| BREEN, Steve Michael | Director | 2025-04-14 | Feb 1972 | British |
| HARRIS, Tamara Clair | Director | 2025-07-11 | Jul 1976 | British |
| PEHLIVAN, Hasan | Director | 2024-12-05 | May 1972 | Turkish |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONMEZ, Erol | Secretary | 2007-01-01 | 2010-02-28 |
| GIRAY, Levent | Secretary | 1993-12-22 | 2006-12-31 |
| GREGORY, Caroline Marie | Secretary | 2021-10-18 | 2023-08-02 |
| HARRIS, Tamara Clair | Secretary | 2015-10-20 | 2021-10-18 |
| SKEGGS, Peter John | Secretary | 2010-03-01 | 2015-10-20 |
| TRINNAMAN, Alison Mary | Secretary | 1992-08-10 | 1992-08-20 |
| VIGGARS, Robert | Secretary | 1992-08-20 | 1993-12-22 |
| AKOZ, Ali | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-09-04 |
| BAYRAKTAR, Haluk, Mr. | Director | 2009-06-29 | 2011-01-01 |
| BAYRAKTAR, Sezgin | Director | 1995-05-15 | 2000-12-31 |
| BREEN, Steven | Director | 2022-07-04 | 2025-01-17 |
| BURAT, Ahmet Sadi | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2006-12-28 |
| CRANLEY, Gerard Nicholas | Director | 1992-08-10 | 1992-08-20 |
| DONMEZ, Erol | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-02-28 |
| ECZACIBASI, Ferit Bulent | Director | 1995-05-15 | 2006-12-28 |
| GIRAY, Levent | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2022-07-04 |
| GIRAY, Levent | Director | 1995-07-06 | 2006-12-31 |
| GUMRAH, Atalay | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| INDIRKAS, Abdulhalik Tayfun | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2006-12-28 |
| KARAMERCAN, Erdal, Dr | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2020-09-04 |
| LOEW, Jorg Karl-Josef | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-01-01 |
| ONANC, Husamettin | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2017-11-30 |
| OZKAN, Ozgen | Director | 2020-09-04 | 2024-07-31 |
| SHAYA, Simon Georgi | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2025-01-20 |
| TULGAN, Mehmet | Director | 1992-08-20 | 1995-05-13 |
| YAMANER, Ahmet | Director | 1995-03-13 | 2017-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri A.S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-21.5%
£28,018,590 £22,001,906
-
Cash
+28.3%
£1,213,601 £1,557,060
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-24.4%
£5,249,750 £3,966,406
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-4.2%
48 46
-
Operating profit
-326.7%
-£438,293 -£1,870,264
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-356.7%
-£397,724 -£1,816,506
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+2.1%
£2,630,799 £2,686,746
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