VAUGHAN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+42.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17M
+17% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
144
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-4.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,078,499 | £26,138,309 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,509,467 | £3,342,118 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,514,984 | £3,358,058 | |
| Net profit | £2,322,066 | £2,948,042 | £2,761,833 | |
| Cash | £1,127,546 | £3,069,808 | £4,369,857 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,224,629 | £14,697,273 | £17,188,290 | |
| Net assets | £13,968,189 | £14,318,135 | £16,753,811 | |
| Equity | £13,968,189 | £14,318,135 | £16,753,811 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 150 | 144 | |
| Wages | — | £6,276,328 | £6,524,882 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £725,160 | £634,363 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£26,078,499 £26,138,309
-
Cash
+42.3%
£3,069,808 £4,369,857
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+17%
£14,318,135 £16,753,811
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-4%
150 144
-
Operating profit
-4.8%
£3,509,467 £3,342,118
-
Profit before tax
-4.5%
£3,514,984 £3,358,058
-
Wages
+4%
£6,276,328 £6,524,882
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.5% | 12.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.3% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 23.9% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.76x | 4.16x |
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
- VAUGHAN LIMITED 1994-03-18 → present
- LEANSET LIMITED 1994-01-20 → 1994-03-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- VAUGHAN LIMITED · parent
- Vaughan Designs Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN-SHEAD, Beth | Director | 2025-06-23 | Mar 1980 | British |
| COLES, Tim | Director | 2008-07-01 | Apr 1961 | British |
| GOODWORTH, Richard John | Director | 2026-02-16 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLES, Tim | Secretary | 2017-01-10 | 2017-07-11 |
| HILLYARD, Paul Leonard | Secretary | 1994-02-21 | 2017-01-10 |
| WYE, Sheila | Secretary | 2017-07-11 | 2024-06-11 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-01-20 | 1994-02-21 |
| DE LOTBINIERE, Victoria Catherine | Director | 1994-02-21 | 2023-03-10 |
| PRICE, Nigel | Director | 2023-03-10 | 2026-01-19 |
| VAUGHAN, Lucinda Mary Louise | Director | 1994-02-21 | 2023-03-10 |
| VAUGHAN, Michael John Wilmot Malet, Hon | Director | 1994-02-21 | 2023-03-10 |
| WILKINSON, Eric Richard | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2025-04-22 |
| WYE, Sheila | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2024-06-11 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-01-20 | 1994-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itchen Stoke Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-11 | Active |
| The Hon Michael John Wilmot Malet Vaughan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, Voting 25–50%, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-11 |
| Lucinda Mary Louise Vaughan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.