VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£17m
+110% vs 2024
Net assets
£52m
+16% vs 2024
Employees
234
-25.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.7m
+200% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £299,100,000 | £196,600,000 | £196,000,000 | -0.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£10,300,000 | £2,900,000 | £5,000,000 | +72.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £22,700,000 | £2,900,000 | £8,700,000 | +200% | |
| Net profit | £20,100,000 | £4,400,000 | £7,100,000 | +61.4% | |
| Cash | £32,100,000 | £8,000,000 | £16,800,000 | +110% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £162,900,000 | £45,000,000 | £52,200,000 | +16% | |
| Net assets | £141,500,000 | £44,400,000 | £51,500,000 | +16% | |
| Equity | £134,900,000 | £44,100,000 | £51,500,000 | +16.8% | |
| Average employees | 473 | 315 | 234 | -25.7% | |
| Wages | £26,400,000 | £18,400,000 | £11,200,000 | -39.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £543,000 | £2,405,000 | £240,000 | -90% |
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 | -3.4% | 1.5% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 2.2% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.3% | 6.4% | 9.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.9% | 48.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.61x | 2.04x | |
| Interest cover | -4.90x | 3.22x | 12.50x |
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
- VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1993-07-26 → present
- DAILYBOLD LIMITED 1991-01-23 → 1993-07-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are of the opinion that the Group and Company's forecast and projections show that the Group and Company have adequate economic resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Volac Limited 100%
- Interprise Limited 100%
- Parnutt Foods Limited 100%
- Ecosyl Products Limited 100%
- Micron Bio-Systems Limited 100%
- Ecosyl Products Canada Limited 100%
- Volac Feeds Limited 100%
- Volac Agro-Best spol. S.r.o. 90%
- Volac Inc. 100%
- Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Holdings Limited 50%
- Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Limited 50%
- Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Sdn Bhd 50%
- PT Volac Wilmar Feed Ingredients Indonesia 50%
Significant events
- “On 23 December 2023 the Company disposed of its shareholding in Volac Milk Replacer Limited. As part of the terms of sale there remains deferred consideration owing to the Company that is included within accrued income (Note 12) of £4.2m (2024: £5.3m).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEVILLE, David Christopher | Director | 2001-07-18 | Mar 1969 | British |
| NEVILLE, Mark Richard | Director | 2012-05-29 | Apr 1975 | British |
| RATTIGAN, David Thomas | Director | 2025-07-01 | May 1969 | British |
| RICHARDS, Christopher Gareth Joseph | Director | 2017-01-03 | Oct 1953 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Joseph Kellett | Secretary | — | 1996-02-29 |
| PEARSON, Philip David | Secretary | 1996-03-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| RIPPON, Alexander William | Secretary | 2017-08-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Alan Richard | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2012-11-05 |
| BROWN, Joseph Kellett | Director | 1993-08-05 | 1996-02-29 |
| CHAPMAN, David Neville Siegfried | Director | 2008-07-09 | 2014-05-23 |
| COLLIER, Paul Robert | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1995-10-27 |
| DENT, John David | Director | — | 1996-07-05 |
| DREA, Eamonn Noel | Director | 1997-10-29 | 2012-07-26 |
| FRAMPTON, Paul | Director | 2019-02-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| FRANKLIN, Noah Felix Kalman | Director | 2014-09-05 | 2018-12-31 |
| LAWES, Richard Woodford | Director | — | 1997-02-02 |
| LAWES, William Robert | Director | — | 2004-01-22 |
| MCASKIE, William | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| MCBRIDE, William Struan | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| NEVILLE, Christopher John | Director | — | 2012-04-04 |
| NEVILLE, James Robert | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2025-04-25 |
| PEARSON, Philip David | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2012-07-30 |
| RUDDEN, Connor | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| RUDDEN, Connor | Director | — | 1993-10-07 |
| STONE, Garyth Christopher | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2024-12-12 |
| TAYLOR, Stephen John, Dr | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-09-23 |
| WINCHESTER, Christopher John | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2001-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodford Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-28 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-12-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-28 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-12-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.