VESTBROWN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-21.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+5.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
3
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£999K
+649.9% first positive since 2023
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £10,950 | £64,266 | — | £71,323 | £43,958 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£143,809 | -£90,732 | — | -£403,333 | -£220,365 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £139,296 | £1,393,895 | — | -£181,651 | £998,858 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £149,725 | £1,352,267 | — | -£104,070 | £918,435 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £6,732,928 | £4,690,619 | — | £7,312,406 | £5,711,883 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £11,193,220 | £12,789,740 | — | £12,082,917 | £12,801,351 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £11,193,220 | £12,379,487 | — | £12,082,917 | £12,751,352 | |
| Equity | £10,340,678 | £10,589,880 | £11,653,495 | £11,193,220 | £12,379,487 | £12,379,487 | £12,082,917 | £12,751,352 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-38.4%
£71,323 £43,958
-
Cash
-21.9%
£7,312,406 £5,711,883
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£12,082,917 £12,751,352
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Operating profit
+45.4%
-£403,333 -£220,365
-
Profit before tax
+649.9%
-£181,651 £998,858
first positive since 2023
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -141.2% | — | — | — | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | -145.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -1.3% | -0.7% | — | -3.3% | -1.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.43x | 3.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | -6.48x | -10.08x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the factors set out above the directors believe that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and therefore the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- VESTBROWN LIMITED · parent
- Hedley Hill Developments Limited 100%
- VB Turnbull Limited 78.84%
- DJ Ryhope Limited 0%
- Dere Street Homes Limited 78.84%
- Wynyard Building Limited 78.84%
- Wheatley Hill Limited 78.84%
- North East Building Development Limited 60.39%
- Timec 1334 Limited 72.27%
- M62 Developments Limited 40.21%
- Palladian (Kilham) Limited 59.13%
- VB (Philadelphia) Limited 100%
- Deerness Investments Limited 75.5%
- Deerness Fencing & Landscaping Limited 75.5%
Significant events
- “Hedley Hill Developments Limited - entered into voluntary liquidation on 30 December 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGAN, Clare Marie | Director | 2022-12-20 | Aug 1976 | English |
| HOGAN, Michael Christopher | Director | 2021-10-12 | Aug 1973 | British |
| HOGAN, Michael Francis | Director | — | Oct 1944 | British |
| MCQUAID, Marie Elizabeth | Director | 2019-11-13 | Mar 1976 | British |
| MCQUAID, Sean Francis | Director | 2022-12-20 | May 1977 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGAN, Mary Rita | Secretary | — | 2017-12-07 |
| CLOSE, Gerrard | Director | — | 2004-02-06 |
| MCQUAID, Sean Francis | Director | 2022-12-20 | 2022-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestbrown (Newco) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-12-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.