VITRA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-13 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-20.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-4.3% vs 2023
Employees
32
-8.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£737K
-23.3% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,665,000 | £16,558,000 | £18,243,000 | — | £20,903,000 | £16,127,000 | |
| Operating profit | £567,000 | £187,000 | £771,000 | — | £836,000 | £562,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £570,000 | £188,000 | £771,000 | £59,000 | £961,000 | £737,000 | |
| Net profit | £409,000 | £192,000 | £584,000 | £11,000 | £696,000 | £529,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | — | — | £2,911,000 | £2,308,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,876,000 | £3,587,000 | £3,979,000 | £3,591,000 | £4,273,000 | £4,080,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,796,000 | £3,579,000 | £3,971,000 | £3,398,000 | £4,094,000 | £3,919,000 | |
| Equity | £3,796,000 | £3,579,000 | £3,971,000 | £3,398,000 | £4,094,000 | £3,919,000 | |
| Average employees | 47 | 44 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 32 | |
| Wages | £2,868,000 | £2,335,000 | £2,071,000 | £2,124,000 | £2,245,000 | £2,059,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £347,000 | £172,000 | £170,000 | £180,000 | £178,000 | £147,000 |
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
-
Turnover
-22.8%
£20,903,000 £16,127,000
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
-20.7%
£2,911,000 £2,308,000
-
Net assets
-4.3%
£4,094,000 £3,919,000
-
Employees
-8.6%
35 32
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-32.8%
£836,000 £562,000
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Profit before tax
-23.3%
£961,000 £737,000
-
Wages
-8.3%
£2,245,000 £2,059,000
lowest in 6 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.1% | 4.2% | — | 4.0% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.2% | 3.2% | — | 3.3% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 5.2% | 19.4% | — | 19.6% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 38.0% | 38.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.56x | 2.54x |
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
- VITRA LIMITED 1990-11-08 → present
- VITRA FURNITURE LIMITED 1988-12-30 → 1990-11-08
- GATELARCH LIMITED 1988-10-31 → 1988-12-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having assessed the responses of the parent undertaking, Vitra International AG, to their enquiries have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £704,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANDOLA, Davinder | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | — | — |
| EHRHARDT, Mark Roman | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jul 1973 | German |
| KOCH, Philipp | Director | 2024-04-01 | Dec 1983 | Swiss |
| PARR, Jonathan | Director | 2020-11-18 | Jun 1983 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTTAM, Michael David | Secretary | — | 1997-02-05 |
| HOLLAND, David Martin | Secretary | 1997-02-05 | 2016-12-31 |
| KOCH, Philipp Nicolas | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| STADLER, Torsten, Mr. | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| ASH, Tony William | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2017-06-22 |
| COHN, Hanns-Peter | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2015-09-23 |
| EBERHARDT, Ulrich Karl | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2016-10-01 |
| FEHLBAUM, Rolf | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
| HORNBERGER, Sonja Baerbel, Mrs. | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| INDERMÜHLE, Paula | Director | 2021-08-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| KAISER, Josef Theodor | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2018-10-16 |
| KEEN, Charles Henry | Director | 1996-09-20 | 1998-10-02 |
| MERZ, Werner | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, David Eric | Director | 1998-09-28 | 2000-02-01 |
| WILLIAMS, David Eric | Director | — | 1996-11-29 |
| ZWAHLEN, Beat Jürg | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2017-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roger Anthony Holmes | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-01-01 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Alexander Zschokke | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-07-08 | Ceased 2022-03-25 |
| Beat Fellmann | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Rolf Fehlbaum | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Cleo Fehlbaum | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-30 |
| Josef Kaiser | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-16 |
| Beat Zwahlen | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
| Ekkehard Kuppel | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
| Nora Fehlbaum | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.