MARY RANDALL VICKERS & CO LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
-60.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£39m
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
86
+6.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
+16.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,151,913 | £37,170,000 | £40,847,000 | +9.9% | |
| Operating profit | £293,796 | £3,364,000 | £4,174,000 | +24.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £507,329 | £3,793,000 | £4,411,000 | +16.3% | |
| Net profit | £153,396 | £2,892,000 | £3,196,000 | +10.5% | |
| Cash | £8,751,715 | £11,740,000 | £4,618,000 | -60.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,028,534 | £38,373,000 | £40,709,000 | +6.1% | |
| Net assets | £34,544,412 | £36,741,000 | £39,135,000 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £34,544,412 | £36,741,000 | £39,135,000 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 83 | 81 | 86 | +6.2% | |
| Wages | £3,982,824 | £4,152,000 | £4,524,000 | +9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £412,991 | £313,000 | £512,000 | +63.6% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 9.1% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 7.8% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.8% | 8.8% | 10.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.40x | 6.44x | 6.11x | |
| Interest cover | 14.83x | — | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group has continued to be profitable and to generate significant cash flows from its trading activities, as set out on pages 20 and 21. Management has prepared financial forecasts for a period covering at least 12 months from the date of signature of these financial statements. These forecasts have been reviewed and approved by the board of directors. The group held cash and cash deposits of £5.6m at 31 October 2025 and has minimal external debt. Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have concluded that it appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MARY RANDALL VICKERS & CO LIMITED · parent
- Benjn R. Vickers & Sons Limited 100%
- Ashridge Ventures Limited 100%
- Vickers Employee Share Trustee Limited 100%
- Vickers Oils Limited 100%
- Vickers Oils Services Limited 100%
- Vickers (Leeds) Limited 100%
- F. B. Jesper & Son (Holdings) Limited 100%
- F. B. Jesper & Son Limited 100%
- Vickers Oils (Australasia) Pty Limited 100%
- Larco Limited 100%
- Lincol Oil Company Limited 100%
- MRV Propco Total Park Limited 100%
- Matrix House MRV Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Further investment tranches were made to both Sagetech and Pentatonic after the balance sheet date.”
- “Following the departure of a tenant, one of the investment properties is being re-marketed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURLE, Tolla Joanne | Secretary | 2025-01-27 | — | — |
| CURLE, Tolla Joanne | Director | 2025-01-27 | Apr 1976 | British |
| EVANS, Charles John Bickerton | Director | 2021-04-21 | Mar 1980 | English |
| GAWTHORPE, James Mark | Director | 2025-09-25 | Mar 1973 | British |
| VICKERS, William Peter Farrar | Director | 2017-04-20 | Sep 1991 | British,Swedish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Morgan Lawn | Secretary | 2017-04-27 | 2024-06-07 |
| VICKERS, Peter John Farrar | Secretary | 2017-03-13 | 2017-04-27 |
| BAGGER, Elizabeth | Director | 2020-09-02 | 2023-01-26 |
| CAMPBELL, Angeline Judith | Director | 2022-03-30 | 2023-05-19 |
| EVANS, Timothy Frank | Director | 2022-03-30 | 2025-11-03 |
| MORRIS, Morgan Lawn | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2024-06-07 |
| RUSHWORTH, Nigel | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2021-04-21 |
| SMAILES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2020-07-03 |
| VICKERS, Peter John Farrar | Director | 2017-03-13 | 2023-05-09 |
| WHOLLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2020-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vickers Employee Share Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-07-22 | Active |
| Mr Peter John Farrar Vickers | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-13 | Ceased 2017-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-26 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-29 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.