VOLKERLASER LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-41% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-36.7% vs 2023
Employees
246
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£252K
-91.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- VOLKERLASER LTD 2009-02-27 → present
- LASER SPECIAL PROJECTS LTD 2000-02-10 → 2009-02-27
- REAMSHARP LIMITED 1999-12-13 → 2000-02-10
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 | £68,793,000 | £76,302,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,669,000 | £30,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,830,000 | £252,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,164,000 | £127,000 | |
| Cash | £6,290,000 | £3,712,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,542,000 | £5,244,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,648,000 | £3,575,000 | |
| Equity | £5,648,000 | £3,575,000 | |
| Average employees | 243 | 246 | |
| Wages | £13,844,000 | £15,271,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.8% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.6% | 84.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 70.24x | 0.32x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the facilities available from VolkerWessels UK Limited (the "Group"), along with the Company's net current assets position and strength of the forward secured order book, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements (see note 2.3 for further details).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCKELS, James Christopher | Director | 2022-08-25 | Jun 1981 | British |
| HARRIS, Anita Suzanne | Director | 2023-07-04 | Oct 1975 | British |
| JOYCE, Benjamin John Walford | Director | 2022-08-25 | Mar 1980 | British |
| OFFORD, Richard Andrew | Director | 2022-08-25 | Sep 1964 | British |
| WOODS, Matthew Gordon | Director | 2011-03-15 | May 1965 | British |
| VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-05-18 | — | — |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLWOOD, Gary Kingsley | Secretary | 2000-01-14 | 2005-11-11 |
| WEST, Alison Taylor | Secretary | 2008-10-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| ST JAMES'S SQUARE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-11 | 2008-10-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 2000-01-14 |
| ANSELL, Ian James | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2008-04-14 |
| ANSELL, Ian James | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2002-09-30 |
| CONNELL, Naomi Anne | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2023-07-16 |
| DARGAN, Brian Patrick Joseph | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2009-06-09 |
| DE JONG, Andries Johannes | Director | 2005-11-11 | 2008-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Alan Robert | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2023-12-31 |
| SMALLWOOD, Gary Kingsley | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2008-07-11 |
| VERWEIJ, Leon Antonius Maria | Director | 2005-11-11 | 2009-05-18 |
| WEAVER, Michael James | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2023-09-11 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-13 | 2000-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkerwessels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+10.9%
£68,793,000 £76,302,000
-
Cash
-41%
£6,290,000 £3,712,000
-
Net assets
-36.7%
£5,648,000 £3,575,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
243 246
-
Operating profit
-98.9%
£2,669,000 £30,000
-
Profit before tax
-91.1%
£2,830,000 £252,000
-
Wages
+10.3%
£13,844,000 £15,271,000
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