VIANET LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
+22.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
+7.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
-3.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-4.1% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,049,565 | £15,182,877 | £15,371,966 | +1.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,992,902 | £1,961,739 | £1,818,259 | -7.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £874,273 | £1,201,486 | £1,151,933 | -4.1% | |
| Net profit | £625,520 | £751,694 | £1,089,587 | +45% | |
| Cash | £1,804,522 | £2,757,241 | £3,379,128 | +22.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,358,923 | £19,053,225 | £19,789,634 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £13,967,390 | £14,753,967 | £15,886,170 | +7.7% | |
| Equity | £13,967,390 | £14,753,967 | £15,886,170 | +7.7% | |
| Average employees | 129 | 128 | 123 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £4,681,037 | £4,802,421 | £4,835,042 | +0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 12.9% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 5.0% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 10.3% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.1% | 56.8% | 53.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.47x | 0.49x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 1.71x | 1.84x | 2.00x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- VIANET LIMITED 2000-01-07 → present
- PHONEBOX LIMITED 1996-07-03 → 2000-01-07
- THE PHONE BOX LIMITED 1992-10-20 → 1996-07-03
- WJB (282) LIMITED 1992-06-15 → 1992-10-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As is required, the Board has considered "Going Concern" and, coupled with an extended RCF facility with HSBC to April 2028, concluded we have sufficient cash and reserves see us through the 12 months post the signing date of the statutory accounts, and beyond with associated committed bank facilities.”
Group structure
- VIANET LIMITED · parent
- Vendman Systems Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTHAM, Sarah | Director | 2025-08-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| DICKSON, James William | Director | 2008-12-11 | Apr 1959 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMIT, Richard John | Secretary | 2008-04-25 | 2009-05-20 |
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Secretary | 2009-05-20 | 2025-07-16 |
| KERR, Alastair James | Secretary | 2003-04-24 | 2008-03-20 |
| KING, Penny | Secretary | 2000-03-08 | 2003-04-24 |
| PEARSON, James Douglas Irvine | Secretary | 1992-10-13 | 1996-06-20 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-05-20 | 1998-10-26 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-15 | 1992-10-13 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-03-20 | 2008-04-25 |
| PAGAN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-10-26 | 2000-03-06 |
| BALFOUR, Alan | Director | 1997-08-04 | 2001-02-21 |
| BANNATYNE, Brian | Director | 2000-02-25 | 2001-04-17 |
| BARNET, Graham Fleming | Director | 1997-05-20 | 2000-03-06 |
| BEATTIE, Eric | Director | 1993-02-25 | 1995-12-31 |
| CRABB, Neil David | Director | 1997-05-20 | 2000-03-06 |
| DARLING, Stewart William | Director | 2017-10-10 | 2021-02-23 |
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2025-07-16 |
| GIBSON, Iain Andrew | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2009-03-30 |
| HAMILTON, Andrew | Director | 1998-08-10 | 1999-09-06 |
| KERR, Alastair James | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2008-03-20 |
| LAING, Timothy James Arthur, Acting As Trustee For The Laing Family Trust | Director | 1992-10-13 | 2000-01-25 |
| LYON, John | Director | 1997-08-04 | 1999-07-05 |
| MACLAREN, Peter James | Director | 1992-10-13 | 1997-05-20 |
| MCCRACKEN, Ralston John Strachan | Director | 2001-12-06 | 2002-08-02 |
| MCLEAN, Iain | Director | 2002-12-16 | 2007-09-14 |
| MILL, Andrew, Professor | Director | 2000-12-08 | 2003-04-04 |
| ORROCK, Ian Jackson | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2009-09-02 |
| TAYLOR, Geoffrey John | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2001-06-22 |
| THOMSON, John Sidney | Director | 2003-08-11 | 2006-02-15 |
| WILCOX, Steven William | Director | 1997-08-04 | 1999-04-30 |
| WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-06-15 | 1992-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vianet Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.