F. VINDIS & SONS (SAWSTON) LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13m
-3.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
57
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£527k
-369% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £60,598,202 | £47,609,688 | £43,935,805 | -7.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,326,355 | £578,682 | -£173,112 | -129.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £943,824 | £195,811 | -£526,635 | -369% | |
| Net profit | £836,647 | £201,392 | -£457,461 | -327.1% | |
| Cash | £307,749 | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,176,423 | £13,369,004 | £12,908,026 | -3.4% | |
| Net assets | £12,992,164 | £13,193,556 | £12,736,095 | -3.5% | |
| Equity | £12,992,164 | £13,193,556 | £12,736,095 | -3.5% | |
| Average employees | 68 | 57 | 57 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,703,222 | £2,426,675 | £2,465,606 | +1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2.2% | 1.2% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 0.4% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.1% | 4.3% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.7% | 38.9% | 42.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.56x | 2.36x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | 3.47x | 1.51x | -0.49x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTTER, Timothy John | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | — | — |
| VINDIS, Gary Frank | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| VINDIS, Jamie Francis | Director | 2013-04-18 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSSEY, Stephen Geoffrey | Secretary | 2018-01-20 | 2023-01-01 |
| VINDIS, Gary Frank | Secretary | — | 1994-10-25 |
| VINDIS, Julia Anne | Secretary | 1994-10-25 | 2018-01-20 |
| STUBBINGS, Sonjia Ann | Director | — | 2016-08-15 |
| VINDIS, Esme Marilyn | Director | — | 1998-12-20 |
| VINDIS, Nigel Anthony | Director | — | 2013-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vindis Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-03-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.