VIANET GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£27M
Equity attributable
Employees
128
Average over period
Profit before tax
£929K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- VIANET GROUP PLC 2012-04-02 → present
- BRULINES GROUP PLC 2008-07-23 → 2012-04-02
- BRULINES(HOLDINGS)PLC 2006-05-18 → 2008-07-23
- BRULINES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2005-05-09 → 2006-05-18
- GWECO 253 LIMITED 2005-01-28 → 2005-05-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,176,000 | £15,266,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,469,000 | £3,594,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £784,000 | £929,000 | |
| Net profit | £535,000 | £857,000 | |
| Cash | £1,822,000 | £2,777,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,586,000 | £31,386,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,926,000 | £27,142,000 | |
| Equity | £26,926,000 | £27,142,000 | |
| Average employees | 129 | 128 | |
| Wages | £5,749,000 | £5,806,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 23.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.0% | 11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.0% | 20.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.34x | 2.87x | |
| Interest cover | 12.57x | 10.30x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As is required, the Board has considered "Going Concern" and, coupled with an extended RCF facility with HSBC to April 2028, concluded we have sufficient cash and reserves see us through the 12 months post the signing date of the statutory accounts, and beyond with associated committed bank facilities.”
Group structure
- VIANET GROUP PLC · parent
- Brulines Group Limited 100%
- Vianet Americas Inc 100%
- Vianet Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTHAM, Sarah | Secretary | 2025-07-16 | — | — |
| BENTHAM, Sarah | Director | 2025-08-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| COPLIN, David Charles | Director | 2018-04-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| DICKSON, James William | Director | 2005-04-20 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PANU, Stella | Director | 2022-07-13 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Secretary | 2006-01-03 | 2025-07-16 |
| JAMES, Stephen Anthony | Secretary | 2005-04-20 | 2006-01-03 |
| GWECO SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-01-28 | 2005-05-03 |
| COLLIN, Derrick | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2006-05-10 |
| DARLING, Stewart William | Director | 2009-07-09 | 2021-02-23 |
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2025-07-16 |
| GILLILAND, Stewart Charles | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCGOUN, Mike | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2018-06-28 |
| NEWMAN, James Henry | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2013-03-31 |
| NOBLE, Duncan James | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2012-07-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2022-07-13 |
| GWECO DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-01-28 | 2005-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 13
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31