V.G.CLEMENTS (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
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Cash
£11M
-29.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+14.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
1,334
+10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.3M
+2.9% first positive since 2020
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,014,567 | £60,590,689 | £111,451,941 | £112,070,596 | £121,923,481 | +8.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£482,752 | £368,454 | £3,785,424 | £2,052,591 | £2,125,346 | +3.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£482,534 | £368,494 | £3,892,843 | £2,262,324 | £2,328,803 | +2.9% | |
| Net profit | -£410,660 | £264,051 | £3,035,998 | £1,808,179 | £1,714,841 | -5.2% | |
| Cash | £765,465 | £1,752,684 | £7,206,830 | £14,965,314 | £10,537,519 | -29.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,862,222 | £7,780,673 | £10,927,350 | £10,431,490 | £11,936,322 | +14.4% | |
| Net assets | £7,855,750 | £7,769,801 | £10,913,302 | £10,421,481 | £11,936,322 | +14.5% | |
| Equity | £7,855,750 | £7,769,801 | £10,913,302 | £10,421,481 | £11,936,322 | +14.5% | |
| Average employees | — | 984 | 1,480 | 1,207 | 1,334 | +10.5% | |
| Wages | £29,904,827 | £40,554,102 | £63,475,120 | £70,783,560 | £81,937,387 | +15.8% | |
| 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.2% | 0.6% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | 0.4% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.1% | 4.7% | 34.6% | 19.7% | 17.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 64.9% | 66.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.81x | 1.54x | 1.51x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis 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
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FITZPATRICK, Olivia | Secretary | 1991-12-23 | — | British |
| FITZPATRICK, Matthew John | Director | — | May 1945 | Irish |
| KENNY, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2024-07-11 | Feb 1974 | British |
| PRYCE, Ciara Melanie | Director | 2006-11-15 | May 1979 | Irish |
| RYAN, Christopher Edward | Director | 2012-11-05 | Sep 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEMENTS, Colin | Secretary | — | 1991-12-23 |
| KEANEY, Bartholomew Joseph | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2009-06-01 |
| MCKIDD, Laurence Richard | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| PIGGOTT, Graham Adams | Director | 2006-11-15 | 2018-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vgc Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.