VISTA ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
+32.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+15.4% vs 2023
Employees
158
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
-4.6% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-11-30 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £40,679,102 | £37,770,050 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £5,787,747 | £5,352,623 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £5,839,749 | £5,570,863 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £4,053,081 | £4,011,964 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £10,767,083 | £14,247,084 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £23,874,342 | £27,516,099 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £22,786,047 | £26,302,574 | |
| Equity | £10,682,233 | £12,402,322 | £13,711,050 | £15,578,715 | £18,116,644 | £22,786,047 | £26,302,574 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 157 | 158 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £5,879,305 | £6,141,382 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £17,400 | £17,400 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-7.2%
£40,679,102 £37,770,050
-
Cash
+32.3%
£10,767,083 £14,247,084
-
Net assets
+15.4%
£22,786,047 £26,302,574
-
Employees
+0.6%
157 158
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Operating profit
-7.5%
£5,787,747 £5,352,623
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Profit before tax
-4.6%
£5,839,749 £5,570,863
-
Wages
+4.5%
£5,879,305 £6,141,382
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 | 2018-11-30 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 14.2% | 14.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 24.2% | 19.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 30.3% | 26.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.42x | 2.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 1671.31x | 1646.96x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Allens Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- VISTA ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- BPC Building Products Ltd 95%
- G.A. Fixings Ltd 100%
- Locusrite Holdings Ltd 93%
- Locusrite Ltd 93%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAVIS, Gillian | Secretary | — | — | British |
| TRAVIS, Gillian | Director | — | Dec 1943 | British |
| TRAVIS, Philip David | Director | 2002-06-13 | Jan 1969 | British |
| TRAVIS, Sarah Ann | Director | 2011-02-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Neil Douglas | Director | 2002-06-13 | 2014-11-30 |
| TRAVIS, David | Director | — | 2024-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip David Travis | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2025-12-22 | Active |
| Mr David Travis | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-02 | Ceased 2024-01-15 |
| Mrs Gillian Travis | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-09-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.