V.B. INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.4M
-21.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.2M
+21% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.2M
-26.5% vs 2024
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 | £5,104,000 | £5,497,000 | £6,859,000 | +24.8% | |
| Operating profit | £541,000 | £554,000 | £638,000 | +15.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £552,000 | £1,599,000 | £1,176,000 | -26.5% | |
| Net profit | £363,000 | £1,025,000 | £826,000 | -19.4% | |
| Cash | £4,358,000 | £5,630,000 | £4,436,000 | -21.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,879,000 | £15,682,000 | £13,434,000 | -14.3% | |
| Net assets | £153,000 | £966,000 | £1,169,000 | +21% | |
| Equity | £153,000 | £966,000 | £1,169,000 | +21% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £338,000 | £352,000 | £363,000 | +3.1% |
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 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 18.6% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 3.5% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | 95.3% | 93.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.76x | 4.19x | 3.57x | |
| Interest cover | 0.29x | 0.46x | 0.57x |
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
- V.B. INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2003-09-24 → present
- TOTALWASTED LIMITED 2003-07-02 → 2003-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Group and Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- V.B. INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- WPA Support Services (Holdings) Limited 100%
- DPASS (Holdings) Limited 100%
- DPA Support Services Limited 100%
- WPA Support Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Ian David | Director | 2016-01-15 | Mar 1964 | British |
| MURPHY, Rory John | Director | 2019-05-31 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLER, David William | Secretary | 2003-08-19 | 2008-02-29 |
| COMBA, Alexander Michael | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2014-12-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-07-02 | 2003-08-19 |
| BONNET, Jean-Pierre Pierre | Director | 2016-01-15 | 2019-01-07 |
| BOWLER, David William | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2012-02-23 |
| BRENNAN, Christopher Carl | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2019-05-31 |
| FINCH, David John | Director | 2008-01-29 | 2016-01-19 |
| FINCH, David John | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2003-12-22 |
| JENNINGS, Oliver James Wake | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2007-10-23 |
| MATTHEWS, Andrew | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2011-12-19 |
| PICKARD, Keith William | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2013-12-20 |
| ROPER, Anthony Charles | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2013-12-20 |
| SNOW, William Henry | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2016-02-03 |
| STYLES, Robert James | Director | 2008-02-11 | 2009-04-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-07-02 | 2003-08-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinci Db Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-19 | Active |
| Vinci Pensions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2023-10-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.