VGC DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+19.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£55M
-12.7% vs 2023
Employees
141
-1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£6M
-644.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
However, the conditions described above indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast doubt regarding the future financial structure and condition of the Company. The financial statements do not include the adjustments which would result if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VGC DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 2018-02-02 → present
- GLOBAL GAMING VENTURES (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED 2014-05-23 → 2018-02-02
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 | £11,115,071 | £10,854,007 | |
| Operating profit | £152,593 | -£177,036 | |
| Profit before tax | -£834,522 | -£6,216,145 | |
| Net profit | -£843,922 | -£6,206,744 | |
| Cash | £4,814,585 | £5,736,578 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£47,983,595 | -£54,257,693 | |
| Net assets | -£48,987,877 | -£55,194,620 | |
| Equity | -£48,987,877 | -£55,194,620 | |
| Average employees | 143 | 141 | |
| Wages | £3,063,700 | £3,270,231 |
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 | 1.4% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | -7.6% | -57.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.08x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | 0.03x | -0.04x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, the conditions described above indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast doubt regarding the future financial structure and condition of the Company. The financial statements do not include the adjustments which would result if the Company was unable to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- VGC DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED · parent
- VGC Leeds Limited 100%
- Multilinea Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 was a difficult year for our business, although it was pleasing to see an improvement in trading in the last quarter. This improvement has continued into 2025.”
- “The July 2024 election delayed the implementation of many of the reforms which were set out in the 2023 government White Paper on the reform of gambling legislation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATCHELOR, Duncan Gordon | Secretary | 2016-11-14 | — | — |
| BATCHELOR, Duncan Gordon | Director | 2019-03-04 | Jan 1975 | British |
| HERD, Andrew William | Director | 2017-08-17 | Apr 1958 | British |
| NOBLE, Richard Anthony John | Director | 2025-11-21 | Jan 1970 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERD, Andrew William | Director | 2016-02-19 | 2017-08-15 |
| JONAS, David Seth | Director | 2020-03-05 | 2025-11-21 |
| NOAKES, Patrick Nigel | Director | 2019-03-04 | 2019-10-11 |
| WOLLENBERG, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2017-08-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Partners (Ggv) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-10-02 | Ceased 2026-01-22 |
| Global Gaming Ventures (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-2.3%
£11,115,071 £10,854,007
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Cash
+19.1%
£4,814,585 £5,736,578
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Net assets
-12.7%
-£48,987,877 -£55,194,620
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Employees
-1.4%
143 141
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Operating profit
-216%
£152,593 -£177,036
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Profit before tax
-644.9%
-£834,522 -£6,216,145
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Wages
+6.7%
£3,063,700 £3,270,231
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