VALE MILL (ROCHDALE) LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
-26.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£18M
-10.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
268
-6% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+12.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £40,674,000 | £41,687,000 | £40,095,056 | £44,057,665 | +9.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,989,224 | £2,041,289 | £2,336,629 | +14.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £2,046,001 | £2,148,596 | £2,412,139 | +12.3% | |
| Net profit | £4,126,958 | £2,715,686 | £631,496 | £1,710,121 | £1,443,079 | £1,835,652 | +27.2% | |
| Cash | £6,318,307 | £8,970,013 | £7,037,698 | £5,462,502 | £4,990,695 | £3,670,953 | -26.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £23,638,844 | £20,911,476 | £18,838,983 | -9.9% | |
| Net assets | £28,099,017 | £30,814,703 | £31,446,199 | £23,045,752 | £20,320,506 | £18,177,013 | -10.5% | |
| Equity | — | £30,814,703 | — | £23,045,752 | £20,320,506 | £18,177,013 | -10.5% | |
| Average employees | 293 | 298 | 272 | 285 | 285 | 268 | -6% | |
| Wages | £8,139,491 | £8,224,556 | £7,708,930 | £7,816,418 | £8,431,708 | £8,896,654 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £103,708 | £104,250 | £104,968 | +0.7% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 8.4% | 9.8% | 12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 26.8% | 33.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.35x | 3.27x | 2.55x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the group's cash flow forecasts and financial position and have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- VALE MILL (ROCHDALE) LIMITED · parent
- Foredown Limited 100%
- Minky France SAS 100%
- PL Innovations GmbH 100%
- Minky Homecare LLC 100%
Significant events
- “In the post balance sheet period the company entered into an arrangement whereby the defined benefit pension scheme would be bought out.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUCHS, Martin John Spencer | Secretary | — | — | British |
| DONNELLY, Alan Stuart | Director | 1996-03-22 | Sep 1953 | British |
| FUCHS, Julian Paul Charles | Director | — | Sep 1961 | British |
| FUCHS, Martin John Spencer | Director | — | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUCHS, Amalie | Director | — | 1998-05-12 |
| FUCHS, Ivo | Director | — | 1993-01-17 |
| FUCHS, Miro | Director | — | 2015-11-12 |
| WHEATLEY, Ronald Geoffrey David | Director | — | 2010-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minky Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-01-31 | 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.