THE VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED
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Cash
£9.2M
-0.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+10.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
56
+30.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9M
-22.7% first positive since 2020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £4,388,000 | £9,957,000 | £14,669,000 | £14,627,640 | £14,448,609 | -1.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£610,000 | £542,000 | £1,550,000 | £2,015,197 | £1,476,804 | -26.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,372,000 | £542,000 | £1,612,000 | £2,472,121 | £1,912,092 | -22.7% | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,440,000 | £542,000 | £1,302,000 | £2,240,192 | £1,256,316 | -43.9% | |
| Cash | £3,286,000 | £4,512,000 | £6,380,000 | £7,841,000 | £9,223,884 | £9,180,136 | -0.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,919,000 | £7,479,000 | £7,922,000 | £9,375,000 | £11,377,190 | £12,422,910 | +9.2% | |
| Net assets | £8,919,000 | £7,479,000 | £7,922,000 | £9,125,000 | £11,265,990 | £12,422,910 | +10.3% | |
| Equity | £8,919,000 | £7,479,000 | £7,922,000 | £9,125,000 | £11,265,990 | £12,422,910 | +10.3% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 56 | +30.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,786,250 | £2,884,729 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £895,085 | £755,350 | -15.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -13.9% | 5.4% | 10.6% | 13.8% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | — | -32.8% | 5.4% | 8.9% | 15.3% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -8.2% | 6.8% | 16.5% | 17.7% | 11.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.77x | 4.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 32.65x | — |
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
- Auker Rhodes Professional Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors, having considered the financial position of the Company for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The business was blessed with another excellent year in 2024, following on from the record breaking year in 2023. The larger projects in 2023 that created significant profits were replaced with new business throughout the 2024 financial year and this helped us maintain an excellent level of profitability.”
- “The company started to appreciate the benefits of the new machinery purchased in November 2023, enjoying record productivity within the Harden facility, with barely any print work subcontracted during the year (because of capacity issues) and a decrease in power consumption of circa £ 40,000 because of new technologies.”
- “The Valley Printing Company Limited delivered a profit before tax of £ 1.9 Million. Once again, the core print business increased in size to around £ 6 million of the total turnover which was at £ 14.5 million, a very slight decrease to the year before.”
- “The business has decided to award a 100% dividend to shareholders as an appreciation of their continued support this year.”
- “As has been reported over the last two years, global instability proves to remain the strongest risk we face as a business. The continued situation in Ukraine and the Middle East remain a stubborn issue with regards to some of our raw materials and price volatility comes with this.”
- “The business has seen compound rises in labour costs of 20% over the last two years due to minimum wage and NI increases and we have had no other choice than to pass these costs on to our customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAGGAS, Jonathan Simon | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | — | British |
| HAGGAS, James Sinclair | Director | — | Mar 1966 | British |
| HAGGAS, John Stansfield | Director | — | Nov 1943 | British |
| HAGGAS, Jonathan Simon | Director | 1996-07-11 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEBELSIEK, Heinrich | Secretary | — | 2002-03-31 |
| FLETCHER, Alan | Director | 1991-11-03 | 2007-06-29 |
| HAGGAS, Barbara | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Stansfield Haggas | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Sinclair Haggas | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Simon Haggas | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2018-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2016-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.