THE VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED
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Cash
£7.9m
-13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£14m
+8.9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
56
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-6.7% first positive since 2020
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-12.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,388,000 | £9,957,000 | £14,669,000 | £14,627,640 | £14,448,609 | £15,670,360 | +8.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£610,000 | £542,000 | £1,550,000 | £2,015,197 | £1,476,804 | £1,434,758 | -2.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,372,000 | £542,000 | £1,612,000 | £2,472,121 | £1,912,092 | £1,784,564 | -6.7% | |
| Net profit | -£1,440,000 | £542,000 | £1,302,000 | £2,240,192 | £1,256,316 | £1,200,578 | -4.4% | |
| Cash | £4,512,000 | £6,380,000 | £7,841,000 | £9,223,884 | £9,180,136 | £7,943,801 | -13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,479,000 | £7,922,000 | £9,375,000 | £11,377,190 | £12,422,910 | £13,524,092 | +8.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,479,000 | £7,922,000 | £9,125,000 | £11,265,990 | £12,422,910 | £13,524,092 | +8.9% | |
| Equity | £7,479,000 | £7,922,000 | £9,125,000 | £11,265,990 | £12,422,910 | £13,524,092 | +8.9% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 56 | 56 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,786,250 | £2,884,729 | £3,183,651 | +10.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £895,085 | £819,973 | £894,257 | +9.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £58,554 | £64,623 | £81,745 | +26.5% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -13.9% | 5.4% | 10.6% | 13.8% | 10.2% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | -32.8% | 5.4% | 8.9% | 15.3% | 8.7% | 7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.2% | 6.8% | 16.5% | 17.7% | 11.9% | 10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.1% | 22.7% | 31.7% | 25.1% | 20.1% | 18.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.77x | 4.65x | 5.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 32.65x | — | — |
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
- THE VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED 2015-07-21 → present
- VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED 1908-07-02 → 2015-07-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- M.T.Manley & Co. Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors, having considered the financial position of the Company for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAGGAS, Jonathan Simon | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | — | British |
| HAGGAS, James Sinclair | Director | — | Mar 1966 | British |
| HAGGAS, John Stansfield | Director | — | Nov 1943 | British |
| HAGGAS, Jonathan Simon | Director | 1996-07-11 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEBELSIEK, Heinrich | Secretary | — | 2002-03-31 |
| FLETCHER, Alan | Director | 1991-11-03 | 2007-06-29 |
| HAGGAS, Barbara | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Stansfield Haggas | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Sinclair Haggas | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Simon Haggas | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2018-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.