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F. VINDIS & SONS (BEDFORD) LIMITED

#02970761 · Active · Incorporated 1994-09-23 (32y 1m) · Last filing 2026-09-23 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 45111 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 12 months) · Confirmation due 2027-10-07 (in 1y) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£20

-71.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

-£3m

-186.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

281

+0.4% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£2m

+36.2% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £255,187,114£235,087,021£242,932,577 +3.3%
Operating profit £1,372,333-£1,034,541-£143,880 +86.1%
Profit before tax -£629,580-£3,065,915-£1,954,947 +36.2%
Net profit -£207,398-£2,983,090-£1,967,755 +34%
Cash £70£70£20 -71.4%
Total assets less current liabilities £1,929,949-£1,053,141-£3,020,896 -186.8%
Net assets £1,929,949-£1,053,141-£3,020,896 -186.8%
Equity £1,929,949-£1,053,141-£3,020,896 -186.8%
Average employees 295280281 +0.4%
Wages £13,850,027£13,959,282£13,826,740 -0.9%
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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 0.5%-0.4%-0.1%
Net margin -0.1%-1.3%-0.8%
Return on capital employed 71.1%——
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 95.6%102.7%106.3%
Current ratio 0.93x0.86x0.87x
Interest cover 0.69x-0.51x-0.08x

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

  1. F. VINDIS & SONS (BEDFORD) LIMITED 1994-12-30 → present
  2. VINDIS GROUP LIMITED 1994-09-23 → 1994-12-30

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
POTTER, Timothy John Secretary 2023-01-01 — —
VINDIS, Gary Frank Director 1994-10-20 Dec 1945 British
VINDIS, Jamie Francis Director 2013-06-01 Mar 1976 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FOSSEY, Stephen Geoffrey Secretary 2016-01-19 2023-01-01
HARRISON, Irene Lesley Secretary 1994-12-19 1994-12-30
HARRISON, Irene Lesley Nominee Secretary 1994-09-23 1994-10-20
PARK, Eric Campbell Secretary 1994-10-20 1994-12-16
STUBBINGS, Sonjia Ann Secretary 1994-12-16 2016-01-19
VINDIS, Nigel Anthony Director 1994-10-20 2013-04-18
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1994-09-23 1994-10-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Vindis Group Ltd Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 108 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-09-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-01-05 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-01-05 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2022-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-27 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-01-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-09-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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