VALUE RETAIL MANAGEMENT (BICESTER VILLAGE) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.6M
+25.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £95,555,000 | £96,347,000 | £102,251,000 | +6.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,375,000 | £1,340,000 | £1,538,000 | +14.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,220,000 | £1,276,000 | £1,607,000 | +25.9% | |
| Net profit | £853,000 | £1,351,000 | £2,000,000 | +48% | |
| Cash | £6,687,000 | £7,136,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,681,000 | £5,265,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,828,000 | £2,179,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,828,000 | £2,179,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 176 | 176 | — | — | |
| Wages | £13,543,000 | £13,421,000 | — | — | |
| 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. 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 | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.2% | 25.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.7% | 91.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 1.12x | — | |
| Interest cover | 8.28x | 9.93x | 14.11x |
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
- VALUE RETAIL MANAGEMENT (BICESTER VILLAGE) LIMITED 1994-11-11 → present
- VALUE RETAIL (BICESTER) LIMITED 1994-03-09 → 1994-11-11
- BOATCARD LIMITED 1994-01-04 → 1994-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the Company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. According to the forecasts prepared on the assumptions, together with available market information and the Directors' knowledge and experience the Directors have concluded that it is approp”
Significant events
- “On 9 June 2026, the company entered into an evergreen unsecured loan facility, as lender, with its related party Value Retail Management Limited as borrower.”
- “On 12 June 2026, the Company declared a dividend of £1.5 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHETTE, Frank William | Director | 1999-05-12 | Aug 1963 | American |
| BOLLIER, Desiree | Director | 2001-05-01 | Sep 1957 | Swiss |
| CABOT, Christopher Laurent | Director | 2019-02-26 | May 1966 | American,French |
| DURAN, Jose Luis | Director | 2017-08-01 | Nov 1964 | Spanish |
| GIBBS, Roderick Vernon | Director | 1994-01-25 | Nov 1958 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAMS, Jane Helen | Secretary | 2003-08-29 | 2021-03-31 |
| CAUFIELD, Timothy Charles | Secretary | 1996-10-29 | 2003-08-29 |
| JONES, Gary Stanley | Secretary | 1994-01-25 | 1996-10-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-04 | 1994-01-25 |
| AGAR, Duncan Forrester | Director | 1999-05-12 | 2019-02-21 |
| MACKINTOSH, Charles David Kennedy | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2022-11-08 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-01-04 | 1994-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value Retail Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-03-22 | Active |
| Value Retail Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.