VERNON SMITH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£278K
+357.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
+10.3% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+35.3% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,377,988 | £1,445,698 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £878,804 | £1,188,915 | |
| Net profit | £787,662 | £827,567 | £732,577 | — | £505,626 | £863,308 | |
| Cash | £0 | £574,721 | £39,850 | — | £60,744 | £277,655 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,718,567 | £10,152,231 | £10,946,220 | — | £9,100,824 | £10,213,198 | |
| Net assets | £9,053,697 | £9,155,742 | £9,888,319 | — | £8,363,921 | £9,227,229 | |
| Equity | £9,053,697 | £9,155,742 | £9,888,319 | £7,858,295 | £8,363,921 | £9,227,229 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-39.2%
£2,377,988 £1,445,698
-
Cash
+357.1%
£60,744 £277,655
-
Net assets
+10.3%
£8,363,921 £9,227,229
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+35.3%
£878,804 £1,188,915
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 21.3% | 59.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.02x | 0.05x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, Daniel James | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | — | — |
| COUBROUGH, David Charles | Director | 2004-10-21 | May 1955 | British |
| READ, Barnaby Thomas | Director | 2013-02-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUBROUGH, Charles Ronald Lacy | Secretary | — | 1997-12-02 |
| WEETCH, Roger James | Secretary | 1997-12-02 | 2015-12-31 |
| COUBROUGH, Charles Ronald Lacy | Director | — | 1997-12-02 |
| CRACE, Christopher Edward | Director | — | 2005-12-01 |
| CROSER, William James | Director | 2012-03-08 | 2020-11-30 |
| DEAN, John | Director | 1993-12-14 | 2015-10-15 |
| LATHAM, Edward Michael Locks | Director | 1993-12-14 | 2004-10-22 |
| MAITLAND, John Andrew Charles | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| READ, Walter Hugh | Director | — | 2023-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsbury Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.