VELCOURT GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£839K
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20M
-0.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
177
+10.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.6M
-409.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,882,525 | £40,267,733 | £40,817,959 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£851,932 | -£590,036 | -£2,141,108 | -262.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£954,519 | -£510,346 | -£2,598,037 | -409.1% | |
| Net profit | -£731,581 | -£459,097 | -£2,063,516 | -349.5% | |
| Cash | £822,873 | £808,785 | £839,272 | +3.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,541,061 | £22,641,728 | £25,504,189 | +12.6% | |
| Net assets | £21,262,241 | £20,562,609 | £20,368,872 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £21,262,241 | £20,562,609 | £20,368,872 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 164 | 160 | 177 | +10.6% | |
| Wages | £8,055,617 | £8,633,684 | £9,043,390 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £548,947 | £664,298 | £700,410 | +5.4% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.0% | -1.5% | -5.2% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | -1.1% | -5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.6% | -2.6% | -8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 41.9% | 45.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 1.99x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | -7.59x | -2.62x | -6.84x |
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
- VELCOURT GROUP LIMITED 2015-09-18 → present
- VELCOURT GROUP PLC 1984-05-17 → 2015-09-18
- VELCOURT LIMITED 1962-03-21 → 1984-05-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that it is appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a "going concern" basis.”
Group structure
- VELCOURT GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Velcourt Limited 100%
- Velcourt Springhill Limited 100%
- Andercourt Farming Limited 100%
- Velcourt Management Services Limited 100%
- Bronwin and Abbey Limited 100%
- Oakbank Game and Conservation Limited 100%
- Hastingwood Aviation Inc 100%
- Velcourt (East) Limited 100%
- Stokes Bomford (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Bronwin and Abbey Holdings Limited 100%
- Seevel Limited 100%
- Stokes Bomford Agriculture Limited 100%
- Velcourt (G.B.) Limited 100%
- Velcourt (Brittania) Limited 100%
- Shieldtype Projects Limited 55%
- Velcourt Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 6th April 2025 Velcourt Group Limited acquired the remaining 50% share of net assets, amounting to £885,755, in Oakbank Game and Conservation Limited for a consideration of £2,336,400.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, Jason Matthew | Secretary | 2024-09-05 | — | — |
| COLBURN, Anthony Oscar | Director | 2012-08-01 | Apr 1954 | British |
| ELLWOOD, Stephen John | Director | 2008-08-25 | Jul 1957 | British |
| SCOTT, Jason Matthew | Director | 2024-09-05 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SHORTER, Nicholas Derek | Director | 2021-04-01 | Jul 1979 | British |
| TOWNSHEND, James Reginald | Director | — | Dec 1954 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-05 |
| TEAGUE, David Robert | Secretary | — | 2023-09-29 |
| BUCKERIDGE, David James | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2024-08-09 |
| DAWES, Howard Anthony Leigh | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| KING, Timothy James | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| LAWSON, Andrew Peter | Director | 2023-07-06 | 2024-09-05 |
| MALIM, Robin Hilary Beaumont | Director | — | 2013-10-03 |
| PROCTOR, Julian Hickman | Director | — | 2012-12-04 |
| TEAGUE, David Robert | Director | — | 2025-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.