BARNSTAPLE V.E. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
-66.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£117K
+32.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
8
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£95K
-14.4% first positive since 2019
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £912,000 | — | — | — | £1,163,000 | £1,051,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£94,000 | — | — | — | £110,000 | £89,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£95,000 | — | — | — | £111,000 | £95,000 | |
| Net profit | -£117,000 | — | — | — | £175,000 | £56,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | — | — | — | £3,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£48,000 | — | — | — | -£169,000 | -£113,000 | |
| Net assets | -£206,000 | — | — | — | -£173,000 | -£117,000 | |
| Equity | -£206,000 | -£253,000 | -£287,000 | -£348,000 | -£173,000 | -£117,000 | |
| Average employees | 12 | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | |
| Wages | £347,000 | — | — | — | £366,000 | £318,000 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.3% | — | — | — | 9.5% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | -12.8% | — | — | — | 15.0% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 195.8% | — | — | — | -65.1% | -78.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 155.6% | 134.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.44x | 0.58x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite having net current liabilities at the year end, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that the directors of Abbeyfield V.E. Limited have confirmed their continued support for at least 12 months following the date of approval of 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 · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBEYFIELD VE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-06-04 | — | — |
| GROSSBERG, Gerli | Director | 2017-09-05 | Apr 1979 | Estonian |
| KUUS, Dimitri | Director | 2017-09-05 | Feb 1984 | Estonian |
| ABBEYFIELD V.E. LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-06-04 | — | — |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Ranald George | Director | 2013-07-11 | 2025-08-18 |
| BARNACLE, Michael | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2017-09-05 |
| BYRNES, David | Director | 1998-10-17 | 2009-04-20 |
| EVANS, Dominic Hugh | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2012-05-14 |
| HAINES, Christian Thomas | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2017-09-05 |
| HASSAN, Omar | Director | 2012-10-09 | 2017-09-30 |
| HYDE, Philip Martin | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2025-08-18 |
| HYDE, Philip Martin | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2012-10-17 |
| LAWSON, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2012-08-15 | 2013-07-11 |
| NOBLE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2013-07-11 | 2017-09-30 |
| SHARMA, Amit | Director | 2011-01-07 | 2017-09-05 |
| START, Heidi | Director | 1998-10-17 | 2009-04-20 |
| LINKMEL V.E. LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-06-04 | 2013-07-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dimitri Kuus | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-09-05 | Ceased 2017-09-05 |
| Mrs Gerli Grossberg | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-09-05 | Ceased 2017-09-05 |
| Abbeyfield V.E. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-11 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-07-11 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-28 | 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
- 2
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
-9.6%
£1,163,000 £1,051,000
-
Cash
-66.7%
£3,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
+32.4%
-£173,000 -£117,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-33.3%
12 8
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-19.1%
£110,000 £89,000
first positive since 2019
-
Profit before tax
-14.4%
£111,000 £95,000
first positive since 2019
-
Wages
-13.1%
£366,000 £318,000
lowest in 3 filed years
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