VOLEX PLC
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Cash
£38M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£370M
Equity attributable
Employees
12,385
Average over period
Profit before tax
£64M
Period ending 2025-03-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-30
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2025-03-30.
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £912,800,000 | £1,086,500,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £63,900,000 | £82,900,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £51,600,000 | £64,300,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £40,200,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £29,800,000 | £37,700,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £701,900,000 | £752,500,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £335,600,000 | £370,200,000 | — | |
| Equity | £335,600,000 | £370,200,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 10,369 | 12,385 | — | |
| Wages | £167,700,000 | £215,300,000 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.1% | 11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.0% | 59.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.05x | 3.03x | |
| Interest cover | 3.80x | 3.53x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- VOLEX PLC 2011-08-11 → present
- VOLEX GROUP P.L.C. 1984-10-01 → 2011-08-11
- WARD & GOLDSTONEPLC 1919-09-19 → 1984-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Our evaluation of the Directors' assessment of the Group and the Company's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting included: ... Based on this work we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group's and the Company's ability to continue to operate for a period of at least twelve months from the date of authorisation for issue.”
Group structure
- VOLEX PLC · parent
- Volex plc Ltd 100%
- Volex Holdings Inc 100%
- Volex (No.1) Ltd 50%
- Murat Ticaret Kablo Sanayi A.Ş. 100%
- Volex (Thailand) Co. Ltd 100%
- Volex Employee Benefit Trust 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 April 2025, the Group contributed certain trade and assets of Murat Ticaret Kablo Sanayi A.Ş. and affiliates in Turkey... The assets were valued at a measurement loss of $2.2m recognised. A newly incorporated entity will be accounted for as an investment in associate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEDFORD, Christian Anthony James | Secretary | 2021-05-19 | — | — |
| BOADEN, Jonathan William | Director | 2020-11-12 | Dec 1978 | British |
| JACKSON, Jeffrey Marc | Director | 2019-07-30 | May 1952 | American |
| MURILLO, Amelia | Director | 2021-01-26 | Jan 1975 | American |
| ROTHSCHILD, Nathaniel Philip Victor James, The Honourable | Director | 2015-10-15 | Jul 1971 | Canadian |
| WEBSTER, David James | Director | 2025-11-12 | Jan 1963 | American |
| WESTMACOTT, Peter John, Sir | Director | 2020-11-12 | Dec 1950 | British |
| WILSON, John Frederick | Director | 2023-10-19 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHCROFT, Mark | Secretary | 1992-10-05 | 2005-10-14 |
| BOADEN, Jonathan William | Secretary | 2021-01-15 | 2021-05-19 |
| HOLLAND, Nicolas Henry | Secretary | 2020-08-01 | 2021-01-15 |
| HOOPER, Kenneth Stanley | Secretary | — | 1992-10-05 |
| MORRIS, Daren John | Secretary | 2015-10-02 | 2020-08-01 |
| NYDELL, Matt Stuart | Secretary | 2010-09-18 | 2013-09-06 |
| PARKER, Anthony Nicholas | Secretary | 2013-09-06 | 2014-01-13 |
| PASK, Nicole Mary | Secretary | 2014-01-13 | 2015-10-02 |
| TATE, Wendy | Secretary | 2005-10-14 | 2009-12-31 |
| TEMPLE, John Nicholas | Secretary | 2009-12-31 | 2010-09-18 |
| ABRAMS, Daniel | Director | 2012-12-17 | 2013-09-01 |
| ALLKINS, John Stephen | Director | 2013-10-16 | 2014-12-30 |
| ANDERSON, Geraint | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2015-11-26 |
| ARKLE, Richard Manning | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2014-01-16 |
| ASHCROFT, Mark | Director | 2001-03-16 | 2005-10-14 |
| BEEVER, David Milton Maxwell | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| BEVERIDGE, Robert James | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2017-07-25 |
| CHAE, Heejae Richard | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2009-03-09 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Adrian | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2021-01-26 |
| CHAPPLE, Oliver John | Director | 1993-10-18 | 1996-05-21 |
| CHERRY, Andrew John | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2012-12-17 |
| CORCORAN, John | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2005-11-29 |
| DAVIES, Grahame | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| DEGNAN, Ian Alan | Director | 2006-12-16 | 2009-01-05 |
| EISENHARDT, Christoph | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-09-29 |
| FORD, Peter Brett | Director | 1996-05-21 | 2000-07-27 |
| GEH, Martin Thien Ee | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2016-06-16 |
| GEOGHEGAN, Christopher Vincent | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2013-11-14 |
| GOODALL, Ralph William | Director | — | 2002-12-03 |
| GOULANDRIS, Dimitri John | Director | 2006-05-06 | 2008-03-01 |
| HOOPER, Kenneth Stanley | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| HUDSON, David Brian | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2004-10-22 |
| JACKSON, Lawrence | Director | 1994-04-07 | 1995-12-31 |
| KEELING, Terence | Director | — | 1995-09-22 |
| KENNEDY, Owen Francis Anthony | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| MALTHOUSE, Richard Harold | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2002-07-22 |
| MAY, Martin Keith | Director | 2005-09-08 | 2006-05-05 |
| MCKINNEY, David Alyn | Director | 2012-05-22 | 2013-11-14 |
| MCTIGHE, Robert Michael | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2013-11-06 |
| MOLLOY, Dominick James | Director | 1996-05-21 | 2005-06-30 |
| MOORE, Dean Roderick | Director | 2017-04-18 | 2023-10-19 |
| MORRIS, Daren John | Director | 2014-01-17 | 2020-11-12 |
| MOUNTFORD, Paul Stanley | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2012-05-01 |
| MULLETT, Craig Robin | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2008-06-30 |
| PARKER, Anthony Nicholas | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-12-11 |
| PAYZANT, Donald Carter | Director | 1993-08-01 | 2005-09-21 |
| POULSON, Howard | Director | — | 1993-07-30 |
| ROBERTS, John Edward | Director | 1999-01-15 | 2005-09-08 |
| SLATFORD, Karen | Director | 2008-05-27 | 2015-11-26 |
| TELFER, Robert Gilmour Jamieson, Dr | Director | — | 1998-07-21 |
| WALSH, Raymond Douglas | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2013-07-01 |
| WALTER, Derek Edmund Piers | Director | 2004-10-22 | 2006-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honourable Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-12-29 | Active |
| The Honourable Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2020-11-16 | Ceased 2021-11-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 636 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.