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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-26 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£12M

+34.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£37M

+6.4% vs 2023

Employees

81

-2.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£4M

+647.5% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31

Metric Trend 2023-10-312024-10-31
Turnover £34,151,913£37,169,723
Operating profit £293,796£3,363,482
Profit before tax £507,329£3,792,206
Net profit £153,396£2,891,073
Cash £8,751,715£11,739,985
Total assets less current liabilities £36,028,534£38,371,327
Net assets £34,544,412£36,739,626
Equity £34,544,412£36,739,626
Average employees 8381
Wages £3,982,824£4,152,194

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 2023-10-312024-10-31
Operating margin 0.9%9.0%
Net margin 0.4%7.8%
Return on capital employed 0.8%8.8%
Current ratio 7.40x6.44x
Interest cover 14.83x101.19x

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
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The group has continued to be profitable and to generate significant cash flows... The group held cash of £11.7m at 31 October 2024 and has minimal external debt. Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have concluded that it appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. MARY RANDALL VICKERS & CO LIMITED · parent
    1. Benjn R. Vickers & Sons Limited 100% · UK · Development, manufacture and marketing of specialised lubricants
    2. Ashridge Ventures Limited 100% · UK · Holding company
    3. Vickers Employee Share Trustee Limited 100% · UK · Trustee of Employee Share Trust
    4. Vickers Oils Limited 100% · UK · Non-trading
    5. Vickers Oils Services Limited 100% · UK · Non-trading
    6. Vickers (Leeds) Limited 100% · UK · Non-trading
    7. F. B. Jesper & Son (Holdings) Limited 100% · UK · Non-trading
    8. F. B. Jesper & Son Limited 100% · UK · Stationery retailer
    9. Vickers Oils (Australasia) Pty Limited 100% · Australia · Sale of specialised lubricants
    10. Larco Limited 100% · UK · Industrial and marine supplies
    11. Lincol Oil Company Limited 100% · UK · Non-trading
    12. MRV Propco Total Park Limited 100% · UK · Property company

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CURLE, Tolla Joanne Secretary 2025-01-27
CURLE, Tolla Joanne Director 2025-01-27 Apr 1976 British
EVANS, Charles John Bickerton Director 2021-04-21 Mar 1980 English
GAWTHORPE, James Mark Director 2025-09-25 Mar 1973 British
VICKERS, William Peter Farrar Director 2017-04-20 Sep 1991 British,Swedish
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MORRIS, Morgan Lawn Secretary 2017-04-27 2024-06-07
VICKERS, Peter John Farrar Secretary 2017-03-13 2017-04-27
BAGGER, Elizabeth Director 2020-09-02 2023-01-26
CAMPBELL, Angeline Judith Director 2022-03-30 2023-05-19
EVANS, Timothy Frank Director 2022-03-30 2025-11-03
MORRIS, Morgan Lawn Director 2017-04-20 2024-06-07
RUSHWORTH, Nigel Director 2017-04-20 2021-04-21
SMAILES, Paul Anthony Director 2017-04-20 2020-07-03
VICKERS, Peter John Farrar Director 2017-03-13 2023-05-09
WHOLLEY, Christopher John Director 2017-04-20 2020-08-13

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Vickers Employee Share Trustee Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2021-07-22 Active
Mr Peter John Farrar Vickers Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-03-13 Ceased 2017-06-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 58 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2023-05-26 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-26 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-12 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-30 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-29 PSC09 persons-with-significant-control Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement PDF
2025-03-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-30 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-01-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-06-12 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-06-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-12 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-05-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-03-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-05-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-26 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2023-05-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-05-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-03-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31

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

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