VAILLANT GROUP UK LIMITED
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Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£68m
-16.7% vs 2024
Employees
761
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£20m
-35.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £384,335,000 | £427,289,000 | £458,321,000 | +7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £9,299,000 | £30,766,000 | £19,974,000 | -35.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,148,000 | £30,780,000 | £19,852,000 | -35.5% | |
| Net profit | £6,972,000 | £25,137,000 | £11,328,000 | -54.9% | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £131,130,000 | £156,986,000 | £152,299,000 | -3% | |
| Net assets | £56,690,000 | £81,827,000 | £68,155,000 | -16.7% | |
| Equity | £56,690,000 | £81,827,000 | £68,155,000 | -16.7% | |
| Average employees | 811 | 771 | 761 | -1.3% | |
| Wages | £34,697,000 | £34,662,000 | £36,147,000 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £190,000 | £174,000 | £232,000 | +33.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £24,000 | £42,000 | +75% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £198,000 | £251,000 | +26.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 7.2% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 5.9% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | 19.6% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.4% | 70.4% | 77.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.88x | 1.17x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 61.58x | — | — |
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 4 times since incorporation
- VAILLANT GROUP UK LIMITED 2005-05-23 → present
- HEPWORTH HEATING LIMITED 1991-01-16 → 2005-05-23
- GLOW-WORM LIMITED 1987-06-18 → 1991-01-16
- TI GLOW-WORM LIMITED 1982-03-08 → 1987-06-18
- GLOW-WORM LIMITED 1934-11-22 → 1982-03-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The positive results for the year ended 31 December 2025 provide comfort that the forecast methods utilised are accurate and comprehensive and support the directors view of going concern. Consequently, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “During the year the Company paid interim dividends of £25m to its parent undertaking (2024: £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLINCOW, Alison Sarah | Secretary | 2018-02-15 | — | — |
| BLINCOW, Alison Sarah | Director | 2019-09-18 | May 1978 | British |
| BORCHERS, Stefan, Dr | Director | 2018-03-01 | May 1969 | German |
| BROOKS, Kim Joyce | Director | 2019-09-18 | Mar 1968 | British |
| HANSEN, Henrik Juhl | Director | 2022-01-01 | Dec 1963 | Danish |
| MEIER, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2024-01-12 | Sep 1968 | German |
| SCHIEDECK, Norbert, Dr | Director | 2018-05-01 | Dec 1965 | German |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Alan | Secretary | — | 2001-08-31 |
| GONZALEZ MURGA, Jose Javier | Secretary | 2001-08-31 | 2002-03-22 |
| WAKELY, Stephen Victor | Secretary | 2002-03-22 | 2017-02-01 |
| AUSTIN, Stuart Murray | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2004-03-13 |
| BRANT, Clifford Thomas | Director | — | 2002-03-22 |
| BRATZ, Achim, Mr. | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2018-06-30 |
| BROSSET, Michel, Dr | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2004-11-12 |
| BROWN, Stuart | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2018-12-14 |
| CHALUFOUR, Claude Raphael | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2007-12-20 |
| CLOSE, Michael John | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2004-10-01 |
| COWIN, David | Director | — | 1997-05-27 |
| DRURY, David Alan | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2005-07-21 |
| EDWARDS, Shaun Barry | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2009-06-24 |
| GORANSSON, Rolf Claes Erik | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2004-11-12 |
| GREAR, John Lantsbery | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| GROOS, Andree, Dr | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Thomas Forbes | Director | 1992-11-02 | 2000-11-28 |
| JESSE, Klaus | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| KEETON, Stephen | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2005-07-21 |
| LIMBACH, Ralf Otto | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2011-11-01 |
| MARTINO, Herve | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2001-10-15 |
| MATHERS, Keith | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2017-04-28 |
| MEISTER, Dietmar Jurgen, Dr. | Director | 2011-03-24 | 2017-12-31 |
| MOORE, James Edward | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2016-07-31 |
| OSTERREICHER, Ludwig, Dr | Director | 2009-02-16 | 2009-04-01 |
| PARTRIDGE, Neil John | Director | — | 2017-09-22 |
| POWELL, Brian Robert | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| SHAW, Joseph Keith | Director | — | 2001-04-05 |
| VOIGTLAENDER, Carsten, Dr. | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2018-03-31 |
| WADDINGTON, Arthur | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| WAIN, Anthony | Director | — | 2001-01-31 |
| WAKELY, Stephen Victor | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| WAKELY, Stephen Victor | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| WALKER, Ian Thomson | Director | 1998-10-22 | 2000-02-01 |
| WALTON, Derek | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| WHITWELL, Nicholas Alan | Director | 2000-05-15 | 2003-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaillant Home Products Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.