VMS (FLEET MANAGEMENT) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£951K
-80.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+0.3% vs 2023
Employees
211
-1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-15.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VMS (FLEET MANAGEMENT) LIMITED 2002-06-10 → present
- GAG157 LIMITED 2002-05-21 → 2002-06-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £67,824,947 | £76,372,337 | |
| Operating profit | £7,934,996 | £9,247,597 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,868,380 | £2,411,621 | |
| Net profit | £2,088,895 | £1,939,156 | |
| Cash | £4,771,317 | £951,207 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £108,182,710 | £115,856,952 | |
| Net assets | £7,149,951 | £7,169,107 | |
| Equity | £7,149,951 | £7,169,107 | |
| Average employees | 215 | 211 | |
| Wages | £6,953,833 | £7,501,215 |
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 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.4% | 95.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 1.57x | 1.35x |
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
- MRT Accountants Limited
- 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 concem for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company purchased land at Bibbys Mill, Station Road Industrial Estate in Hailsham on 10th January 2025 for £1,000,000. The consideration was made up of £300,000 cash and £700,000 funded via a loan with Barclays Bank”
- “The company purchased property from Western Truck Rental Limited for £950,000 on 21st March 2025. The consideration was funded via a mortgage with Barclays Bank.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Natalie Louise | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| JAMES, Martin Harold | Director | 2002-05-30 | Oct 1963 | British |
| LARAMAN, Aaron William | Director | 2022-03-31 | Jan 1979 | British |
| LARAMAN, Mark William | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| MILLER, Daniel Glenn | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1985 | British |
| TAYLOR, Natalie Louise | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1985 | British |
| TEDMAN, Scott Douglas | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORREX, Richard James | Secretary | 2010-05-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| JAMES, Martin Harold | Secretary | 2002-05-30 | 2010-05-01 |
| MEDCALF, David John | Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2002-05-30 |
| FORDHAM, Colin Peter | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2002-05-30 |
| HORREX, Richard James | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| MEDCALF, David John | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2002-05-30 |
| PRENTICE, Gary Colin | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2022-03-31 |
| WALMSLEY, Neil Roderick | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2002-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Garry Colin Prentice | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-31 |
| Mr Garry Colin Prentice | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-06-01 |
| Vms (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Martin Harold James | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 313 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-02 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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 2024-05-31 vs 2023-05-31
-
Turnover
+12.6%
£67,824,947 £76,372,337
-
Cash
-80.1%
£4,771,317 £951,207
-
Net assets
+0.3%
£7,149,951 £7,169,107
-
Employees
-1.9%
215 211
-
Operating profit
+16.5%
£7,934,996 £9,247,597
-
Profit before tax
-15.9%
£2,868,380 £2,411,621
-
Wages
+7.9%
£6,953,833 £7,501,215
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