J. VAN VLIET LONDON CASH & CARRY LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7m
+136.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.8m
+8.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
192
-9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£890k
+706.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £52,747,950 | £49,451,516 | £46,527,136 | -5.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£155,295 | £7,895 | £778,296 | +9,758.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£119,754 | £110,293 | £889,841 | +706.8% | |
| Net profit | -£126,062 | £88,240 | £656,148 | +643.6% | |
| Cash | £4,773,079 | £2,840,670 | £6,710,183 | +136.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,545,698 | £7,137,464 | £7,772,124 | +8.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,545,698 | £7,137,464 | £7,772,124 | +8.9% | |
| Equity | £7,545,698 | £7,137,464 | £7,772,124 | +8.9% | |
| Average employees | 246 | 211 | 192 | -9% | |
| Wages | £6,664,161 | £6,185,854 | £5,735,764 | -7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £125,299 | £65,299 | £65,300 | 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 0.0% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 0.2% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.1% | 0.1% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.8% | 39.7% | 42.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 2.01x | 2.05x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hurshens Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the accounts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- J. VAN VLIET LONDON CASH & CARRY LIMITED · parent
- J Van Vliet (Northampton) Ltd 100%
- J Van Vliet New York LLC 100%
Significant events
- “The group did not open any new companies in the year. It did however cease to trade three subsidiaries during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Rahul | Secretary | 2011-06-13 | — | — |
| NEWHAM, Jo-Anne | Director | 2015-07-17 | May 1973 | Irish |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULLEGAR, Geoffrey | Secretary | 1994-11-29 | 1995-08-22 |
| MAY, Steven Charles | Secretary | 2007-05-01 | 2011-06-13 |
| VAN VLIET, Jacobus | Secretary | 1995-08-22 | 2007-05-01 |
| SCF SECRETARIES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY | Corporate Secretary | 1994-11-10 | 1994-11-29 |
| HEEMSKERK, Leo Adriaan | Director | 1996-04-27 | 1998-08-15 |
| KENNEDY, Tadhg | Director | 1997-05-15 | 2003-05-20 |
| MILLARD, Arthur James Albert | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1996-04-27 |
| TAMERUS, Hendricus Renatus | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2018-03-22 |
| VAN DER SAR, Jan Cornelis | Director | 2003-05-16 | 2017-07-28 |
| SCF (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1994-11-10 | 1994-11-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jacobus Van Vliet | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2020-03-02 | Active |
| Esmeralda Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-02 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.