BRITA VIVREAU LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+26.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.3m
+12.2% vs 2024
Employees
115
-4.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£768k
+49.7% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,161,232 | £14,328,992 | £14,297,566 | £15,495,916 | £15,687,792 | £15,705,119 | +0.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,607,673 | £8,111,536 | £426,297 | £551,506 | £618,285 | £910,535 | +47.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,612,878 | £8,131,369 | £420,683 | £547,003 | £512,719 | £767,742 | +49.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,923,195 | £6,654,431 | £360,223 | £312,565 | £371,319 | £573,221 | +54.4% | |
| Cash | £3,232,251 | £6,660,657 | £1,878,930 | £695,887 | £918,639 | £1,163,051 | +26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,376,636 | £14,180,376 | £4,020,099 | £4,328,072 | £6,212,939 | £6,845,476 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £7,310,772 | £14,151,935 | £4,012,158 | £4,324,723 | £4,696,042 | £5,269,263 | +12.2% | |
| Equity | £7,310,772 | £14,151,935 | £4,012,158 | £4,324,723 | £4,696,042 | £5,269,263 | +12.2% | |
| Average employees | 107 | 119 | 118 | 117 | 120 | 115 | -4.2% | |
| Wages | £3,903,054 | £4,512,111 | £4,787,805 | £5,345,809 | £6,279,261 | £6,816,938 | +8.6% | |
| 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.5% | 56.6% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 20.6% | 46.4% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 48.9% | 57.2% | 10.6% | 12.7% | 10.0% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.8% | 36.1% | 57.8% | 56.9% | 61.0% | 60.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.04x | 1.13x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 55.69x | 73.48x | 5.59x | 6.37x |
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
- BRITA VIVREAU LIMITED 2016-09-01 → present
- VIVREAU LIMITED 1993-11-26 → 2016-09-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 15 May 2025 the Company announced the intention to exit the Uxbridge office and relocate the BRITA Vivreau office to BRITA House in Bicester, where the Consumer and Professional Business units are based. The move is expected to take place in Q2 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, David John, Dr | Director | 2023-07-07 | May 1973 | British |
| HANKAMMER, Markus Ralph | Director | 2012-04-04 | Aug 1968 | German |
| WHITFIELD, Neal | Director | 2018-04-27 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, Susan | Secretary | 1993-11-26 | 2012-04-04 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-11-26 | 1993-11-26 |
| COHEN, Howard Michael | Director | 1993-11-26 | 1999-12-29 |
| COHEN, Stephen Charles | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2017-06-02 |
| COHEN, Susan | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2012-04-04 |
| KIRSCHNER, Markus | Director | 2012-08-08 | 2018-03-08 |
| KOEHLER, Christian | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2023-07-31 |
| TAYLOR, Sarah | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2021-03-04 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-11-26 | 1993-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Markus Ralph Hankammer | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-01 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-04-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.