VEKA PLC
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Cash
£7.3m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£30m
Equity attributable
Employees
467
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6.3m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £95,016,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £6,549,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,326,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £4,669,000 | — | |
| Cash | £7,309,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,827,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £29,908,000 | — | |
| Equity | £29,908,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 467 | — | |
| Wages | £17,375,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £999,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 17.60x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- VEKA PLC 1990-10-01 → present
- VEKAPLAST (U.K.) LIMITED 1982-04-02 → 1990-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors are satisfied that the company will be able to continue to trade for the foreseeable future and therefore the application of the going concern concept continues to be an appropriate basis for the preparation of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025.”
Group structure
- VEKA PLC · parent
- VEKA Recycling Limited 100%
- Bowater Architectural Limited 100%
- Laumann Group UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 January 2026, VEKA PLC have granted a loan to a fellow group company Epwin Group Limited of £2.5m, interest of Bank of England base rate plus 1.25% will be charged on this loan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAMAJI, Mohmed Yusuf | Secretary | 2021-12-31 | — | — |
| BECKHOFF, Josef Leo | Director | 2025-07-01 | Sep 1965 | German |
| BLADES, Sally Ann | Director | 2022-12-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
| EVANS, Neil | Director | 2019-02-05 | Jan 1970 | British |
| HARTLEIF, Andreas | Director | 1998-02-09 | Oct 1966 | German |
| NAMAJI, Mohmed Yusuf | Director | 2024-04-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| TAYLOR, Timothy Richard | Director | 2022-03-01 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Peter Lawrence | Secretary | 1999-05-11 | 2004-11-30 |
| BURTON, Thomas Malcolm | Secretary | 2003-12-09 | 2006-02-22 |
| COLEY, James Robert Ewen | Secretary | 1993-09-02 | 1995-05-08 |
| FITTON, Graham | Secretary | 2008-11-21 | 2021-12-31 |
| LOMAS, Alastair Mark | Secretary | 2006-02-22 | 2008-11-21 |
| MARSDEN, Alfred Basil | Secretary | — | 1993-09-02 |
| WEIR, Gordon Alexander | Secretary | 1995-05-08 | 1999-05-11 |
| ABBOTT, Peter | Director | — | 2005-05-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul David | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2023-12-31 |
| BURROWS, Adam Lee | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-10-10 |
| CROSSLEY, Steven | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| DE MEZA, Mark | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| FELTON, Graham | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| FITTON, Graham | Director | 2008-11-21 | 2024-03-31 |
| FITZSIMMONS, John William | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| GRAY, Shane | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2016-07-28 |
| HECKER, Hubert | Director | — | 2007-01-01 |
| JONES, David Arthur | Director | 2004-01-13 | 2020-12-31 |
| LAUMANN, Heinrich | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| LOMAS, Alastair Mark | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2009-01-20 |
| PACKER, John Stephen | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| PATTALON, Michael | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2025-06-30 |
| ROGERS, Mark James | Director | 2004-01-13 | 2006-07-07 |
| SCHMUDLACH, Jurgen | Director | — | 1998-01-01 |
| SCHULER, Werner, Dr | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2023-10-27 |
| STOCKELL, Dawn Bessie | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2021-12-31 |
| TORLEY, Colin | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2016-01-29 |
| WEIR, Gordon Alexander | Director | — | 1999-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veka Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 257 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.