PANDROL (VORTOK) LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3m
-66.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.5m
-81.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
28
+3.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.3m
-17.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,598,000 | £13,282,000 | £10,709,000 | -19.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,484,000 | £3,616,000 | £2,768,000 | -23.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,603,000 | £4,004,000 | £3,286,000 | -17.9% | |
| Net profit | £3,873,000 | £2,747,000 | £2,464,000 | -10.3% | |
| Cash | £6,972,000 | £9,627,000 | £3,258,000 | -66.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,131,000 | £20,370,000 | £5,229,000 | -74.3% | |
| Net assets | £16,042,000 | £18,749,000 | £3,518,000 | -81.2% | |
| Equity | £16,042,000 | £18,749,000 | £3,518,000 | -81.2% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 27 | 28 | +3.7% | |
| Wages | £1,260,000 | £1,312,000 | £1,232,000 | -6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 30.7% | 27.2% | 25.8% | |
| Net margin | 26.5% | 20.7% | 23.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.7% | 17.8% | 52.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 18.8% | 56.0% | |
| Current ratio | 8.28x | 7.65x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 98.86x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PANDROL (VORTOK) LIMITED 2018-10-02 → present
- MULTICLIP COMPANY LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 2018-10-02
- BECKALGRESS LIMITED 1975-05-16 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Bank guarantees given in the normal course of business and outstanding at 31 December 2025 amounted to £0 (2024: £28,032).”
- “In January 2012, certain members of the Pandrol Group including the company (the "Borrowing Group") entered into a Collective Sterling Net Overdraft and Other Facilities Agreement (the "Facilities Agreement") with HSBC Bank plc.”
- “In April 2019, a senior facilities agreement (the "Senior Facility Agreement") was entered into between Delachaux S.A. (the "Parent"), some of the Parents subsidiary companies as borrowers and/or guarantors, Deutsche Bank AG as security agent, and certain financial institutions as lenders. These agreements were amended and restated in October 2023.”
- “The Trustees of the Pandrol UK Group Pension Scheme (the "Scheme") which provides pension benefits for certain current and former employees of Pandrol Limited and Pandrol (Vortok) Limited, transacted a bulk annuity contract ("buy-in") of the full liabilities of the Scheme with The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited ("Royal London"), on July 3, 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Gareth John | Secretary | 2021-11-15 | — | — |
| PIERRARD, Arnaud Cedric | Director | 2025-12-12 | Nov 1977 | French |
| THIERY, Julie | Director | 2023-03-28 | Feb 1984 | French |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2017-12-31 | 2021-11-15 |
| COOKE, David John | Secretary | 2013-05-17 | 2017-12-31 |
| HENRY, Hugh Richard | Secretary | — | 1991-11-25 |
| KRANCIOCH, Karl Richard | Secretary | 1997-02-13 | 1999-10-19 |
| MCELLIGOTT, Thomas Gary | Secretary | 1991-11-25 | 1997-02-13 |
| STONE, Jeffrey Brian | Secretary | 1999-10-19 | 2013-05-17 |
| ALGAR, Neil | Director | 2017-10-17 | 2019-06-30 |
| ANTILLE, Olivier Vincent | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2019-06-30 |
| BEAL-PRESTON, John | Director | 1991-11-25 | 2011-01-26 |
| BOINTON, Richard Guy | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2016-02-19 |
| BOURDON, Didier Henri, Jean-Louis | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2016-04-13 |
| BYLES, John Robert | Director | 1992-01-02 | 2009-11-13 |
| DOLDER, Oliver | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2020-11-26 |
| ELLIS, Herbert Grice | Director | — | 1991-11-25 |
| FORSTER, Brian | Director | 2009-11-13 | 2015-09-16 |
| GARTNER, Eran | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2022-03-07 |
| GROULT, Nicolas | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2025-12-12 |
| HENRY, Andrew Stewart William | Director | — | 1991-11-25 |
| HENRY, Hugh Richard | Director | — | 1991-11-25 |
| HENRY, James Martin Richard | Director | — | 1991-11-25 |
| HENRY, Rosalind Catherine Lovelace | Director | — | 1991-11-25 |
| KARLSSON NILSSON, Karin Maria Cecilia | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2025-10-16 |
| LODGE, Geoffrey Malcolm | Director | 1991-11-25 | 1995-04-27 |
| MCELLIGOTT, Thomas Gary | Director | 2009-11-13 | 2013-05-17 |
| MCELLIGOTT, Thomas Gary | Director | 1995-04-27 | 2003-03-03 |
| MORTON, Reginald Frederick | Director | — | 1997-01-20 |
| PEACOCK, Wayne Martin | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2019-06-30 |
| ROBERTSON, Richard Smith | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2021-09-30 |
| ROBERTSON, Richard Smith | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| SHRUBSALL, Peter Rickard | Director | 1997-08-11 | 2010-03-31 |
| STONE, Jeffrey Brian | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2014-03-31 |
| TALBOURDET, Guy Henri Jean Paul | Director | 2022-03-07 | 2023-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandrol International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-06-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.