VEHICLE LEASE AND SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+30.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-7.5% vs 2023
Employees
78
+1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-25.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VEHICLE LEASE AND SERVICE LIMITED 1998-11-26 → present
- CROSSCO (360) LIMITED 1998-08-10 → 1998-11-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,374,638 | £20,235,144 | |
| Operating profit | £3,841,731 | £3,227,006 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,910,226 | £2,161,707 | |
| Net profit | £2,166,993 | £1,628,002 | |
| Cash | £1,416,499 | £1,847,399 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,993,400 | £26,615,104 | |
| Net assets | £7,210,399 | £6,671,408 | |
| Equity | £7,210,399 | £6,671,408 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 78 | |
| Wages | £3,150,155 | £3,405,628 |
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 | 19.8% | 15.9% | |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | 4.12x | 2.92x |
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
- UNW 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
- VEHICLE LEASE AND SERVICE LIMITED · parent
- VLS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company's performance in 2024 showed a £0.5m decrease in profit after tax and a £0.8m decrease in profit before tax. Two key factors in the decrease of profit relate to an increase in interest costs of £0.2m and a decrease in profit on disposal of £0.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Edward Jack | Secretary | 2022-03-17 | — | — |
| HAZON, Stewart | Director | 2010-03-22 | Nov 1971 | British |
| KEATING, Daniel George Frederick | Director | 2009-03-02 | Dec 1968 | British |
| LOCKWOOD, Stephen John | Director | 2009-10-21 | Jun 1965 | British |
| MURRAY, Richard Ian | Director | 2004-01-29 | May 1967 | British |
| PEARSON, Gareth David | Director | 2008-10-15 | Feb 1967 | British |
| RUTHERFORD, Neil | Director | 2001-02-21 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Graeme | Secretary | 2011-03-18 | 2014-01-31 |
| GILES, Gail Valerie | Secretary | 1998-10-15 | 2001-03-15 |
| JAMES, Alan Hudson | Secretary | 2001-03-15 | 2011-03-18 |
| WHEATLEY, Joanne | Secretary | 2014-04-28 | 2022-01-18 |
| DICKINSON DEES | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-08-10 | 1998-10-15 |
| AINSLEY, Paul | Director | 1999-02-15 | 2014-03-31 |
| BENNETT, Louise | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2026-03-16 |
| CARE, Timothy James | Nominee Director | 1998-08-10 | 1998-10-15 |
| DE VOGUE, Melchior | Director | 1999-01-08 | 1999-12-21 |
| GOULD, Philip Vivian | Director | 1999-03-19 | 1999-12-21 |
| GRANT, Matthew Paul | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2010-03-22 |
| GREEN, Christopher Michael | Director | 1999-12-21 | 2001-02-21 |
| HORSLEY, Mark John | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2006-10-31 |
| HUDSON, Adrian | Director | 2000-01-20 | 2001-02-21 |
| KITCHEN, John Michael | Director | 1999-05-19 | 2001-01-31 |
| LEIGHTON, Barry | Director | 2000-05-08 | 2004-01-29 |
| LEIGHTON, Barry | Director | 1999-03-19 | 2000-04-11 |
| LEIGHTON, Michael John | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2008-04-30 |
| LINGE, Kenneth | Director | 1998-10-15 | 2009-10-16 |
| MCGOVERN, John | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2020-12-31 |
| NEWTON, Diane | Director | 2012-05-23 | 2018-03-13 |
| PICKERING, Stephen | Director | 2007-06-04 | 2008-04-30 |
| STRAW, Simon Mark | Director | 1999-01-08 | 2000-04-11 |
| SUTHERLAND, Owen | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-03-23 |
| SWAN, David Malcolm | Director | 1999-01-08 | 2001-01-31 |
| WHITTAKER, James William | Director | 2008-05-23 | 2008-10-15 |
| WOOD, Paul Spencer | Director | 1999-01-08 | 2009-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Electric Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Nwg Commercial Solutions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+4.4%
£19,374,638 £20,235,144
-
Cash
+30.4%
£1,416,499 £1,847,399
-
Net assets
-7.5%
£7,210,399 £6,671,408
-
Employees
+1.3%
77 78
-
Operating profit
-16%
£3,841,731 £3,227,006
-
Profit before tax
-25.7%
£2,910,226 £2,161,707
-
Wages
+8.1%
£3,150,155 £3,405,628
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