VITAX LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2K
+9.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.1M
+5.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
60
-1.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3M
-27.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,947,000 | £14,071,229 | £12,005,452 | -14.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,105,000 | £1,768,902 | £1,333,724 | -24.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,105,000 | £1,800,000 | £1,300,000 | -27.8% | |
| Net profit | £870,000 | £1,372,205 | — | — | |
| Cash | £9,000 | £2,041 | £2,244 | +9.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,716,000 | £8,723,104 | £9,164,575 | +5.1% | |
| Net assets | £8,716,000 | £8,589,104 | £9,050,312 | +5.4% | |
| Equity | £8,716,000 | £8,589,104 | £9,050,312 | +5.4% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 61 | 60 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £1,943,000 | £1,972,741 | £2,026,177 | +2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £98,000 | £103,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 12.6% | 11.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 9.8% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 20.3% | 14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.1% | 24.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.77x | 4.02x | 4.08x |
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. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VITAX LIMITED 1986-08-08 → present
- VASTACTION LIMITED 1986-04-16 → 1986-08-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company participates in a group cash management arrangement under which surplus cash balances are transferred to the parent company on a regular basis and are reflected as amounts due from group undertakings. The parent company has confirmed these funds will be made available to the Company as required, which is consistent with established group practice. Based on current information and future forecasts, the directors are confident the Company will be able to continue to operate for the foreseeable future and will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The previously referred to development and investment in new capital equipment at the Company's Skelmersdale site is ongoing and remains a key part of the Board's long-term strategy to drive greater efficiencies. This, along with the investment in solar panels made during the year, is expected to help reduce future energy and operational costs and strengthen the Company's environmental credentials.”
- “Exceptional costs relate to the closure of the Somerset site in the preceding financial year, and the relocation of operations to other sites within the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, Claire | Secretary | 2020-08-25 | — | — |
| BUCK, Claire | Director | 2021-09-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| GOODING, Anja | Director | 2023-09-07 | Jun 1984 | British |
| GURNEY, Andrew | Director | 2018-09-01 | Mar 1981 | British |
| NORRIS, Christopher | Director | 2025-09-01 | May 1976 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODING, Anja | Secretary | 2009-10-30 | 2020-08-25 |
| GOODING, Paul Antony | Secretary | — | 1993-04-21 |
| PLEWS, Julian Wesley Lee | Secretary | 1993-04-21 | 2009-10-30 |
| GOODING, Anja | Director | 2020-03-02 | 2021-06-30 |
| GOODING, Frank Brian | Director | 1993-05-06 | 1994-03-31 |
| GOODING, Paul Antony | Director | — | 2024-01-29 |
| GRIFFITHS, David John | Director | 1993-08-21 | 2010-10-28 |
| GRIFFITHS, David John | Director | — | 1993-05-06 |
| PLATT, Charles Chilton | Director | 1994-09-20 | 2014-10-05 |
| PLEWS, Julian Wesley Lee | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| SIDDON, David George | Director | 1995-10-11 | 1997-04-07 |
| WELSH, Carl | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2025-07-03 |
| WILKINSON, Daniel Stephen | Director | 2010-11-05 | 2020-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Carl Welsh | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2020-03-04 |
| Mr Paul Antony Gooding | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-27 |
| Mr Daniel Stephen Wilkinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Synchemicals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.