VOLUTION GROUP PLC
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Cash
£19M
+55.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£270M
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
2,338
+23.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£55M
-13% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £347,611,000 | £419,100,000 | +20.6% | |
| Operating profit | £70,391,000 | £67,211,000 | -4.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £62,707,000 | £54,582,000 | -13% | |
| Net profit | £47,707,000 | £41,533,000 | -12.9% | |
| Cash | £12,085,000 | £18,780,000 | +55.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £234,047,000 | £354,171,000 | +51.3% | |
| Net assets | £245,923,000 | £269,888,000 | +9.7% | |
| Equity | £245,923,000 | £269,888,000 | +9.7% | |
| Average employees | 1,898 | 2,338 | +23.2% | |
| Wages | £69,286,000 | £86,048,000 | +24.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,265,000 | £4,335,000 | +32.8% |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | 13.7% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.1% | 19.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.4% | 42.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 10.62x | 7.15x |
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
- VOLUTION GROUP PLC 2014-06-04 → present
- WINDMILL NEWCO PLC 2014-05-15 → 2014-06-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has considered the viability of the Group over a three year period up to 31 July 2028, taking into account the Group's current position and the potential impact of the principal risks and uncertainties. While the Directors acknowledge that the viability of the Group over a longer period is only truly determinable, the Directors confirm that three years is an appropriate period as it aligns with the Group's business planning cycle. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- VOLUTION GROUP PLC · parent
- Volution Holdings Limited 100%
- Volution Ventilation Holdings B.V. 100%
- Volution Group International Limited 100%
- Climadiff B.V. 100%
- ERI Energy Recovery Industries Corporation Limited 100%
- Volution Ventilation Australia Limited 100%
- Fantech Pty Ltd 100%
- Volution Ventilation New Zealand Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 29 November 2024, Volution acquired Fantech, the leading provider of commercial and industrial ventilation products and services in Australia and New Zealand”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Fiona Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-02-01 | — | — |
| BAXTER, Celia Frances | Director | 2025-03-05 | Jan 1958 | British |
| DAVIS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2023-06-23 | Mar 1966 | British |
| DUBU, Emmanuelle Paule | Director | 2025-03-05 | Jul 1965 | French,Brazilian |
| GEORGE, Ronnie | Director | 2014-05-15 | Oct 1969 | British |
| LINGWOOD, Nigel Peter | Director | 2020-04-30 | Mar 1959 | British |
| MELLOR, Amanda | Director | 2018-03-19 | Mar 1964 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Andrew | Director | 2019-08-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANSCOMBE, Michael John | Secretary | 2014-08-11 | 2022-01-31 |
| DEW, Ian | Secretary | 2014-05-15 | 2014-08-11 |
| AMOS, Margaret Mary | Director | 2022-03-10 | 2024-12-11 |
| BARDEN, Adrian | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2017-12-13 |
| CHITTICK, Gavin William | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2016-03-18 |
| DEW, Ian | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2019-07-31 |
| HILL, Peter John | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2020-01-31 |
| HOLLINGWORTH, Paul Robert | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2023-06-23 |
| READING, Anthony John | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2021-12-10 |
| TINEY, Claire | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2025-08-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.