VOICE & SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£9.7m
+32.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14m
-32.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
152
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£880k
-48.5% first positive since 2023
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 | £47,988,000 | £57,279,000 | £75,238,000 | +31.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,442,000 | £140,000 | £414,000 | +195.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,866,000 | £1,708,000 | £880,000 | -48.5% | |
| Net profit | -£1,709,000 | £1,601,000 | £663,000 | -58.6% | |
| Cash | £6,417,000 | £7,322,000 | £9,709,000 | +32.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,575,000 | £21,111,000 | £14,282,000 | -32.3% | |
| Net assets | £19,437,000 | £21,038,000 | £14,158,000 | -32.7% | |
| Equity | £19,437,000 | £21,038,000 | £14,158,000 | -32.7% | |
| Average employees | 128 | 133 | 152 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £7,129,000 | £7,306,000 | £8,243,000 | +12.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £286,000 | £270,000 | £452,000 | +67.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £2,000 | £2,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £154,000 | £165,375 | £232,124 | +40.4% |
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 | -5.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -3.6% | 2.8% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.5% | 0.7% | 2.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.5% | 55.7% | 69.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 0.67x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.97x | 19.71x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The cash flow projections show that the Company will maintain a positive cash balance for at least the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. On this basis, the Directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements”
Group structure
- VOICE & SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- VSI Paris S.A. 100%
- VSI Italia SRL 70%
- Voice & Script International Inc. 96%
- VSI Warsaw Sp. Z.o.o. 55%
- VSI Berlin GmbH 100%
- Centro Integral de Video Sociedad Anonima 90%
- Sound Lab Latin America Sociedad Anonima 90%
- AT Lisboa Studios S.A. 68%
- VSI Voice and Script International Tel-Aviv Ltd 100%
- Voice & Script International Mexico, S.A De C.V 90%
Significant events
- “On 26 January 2026, Voice & Script International Limited acquired the remaining shares in VSI LATAM for a nominal consideration of £1, resulting in the company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary.”
- “On 6 February 2026, the Company entered into a new banking facility agreement with Lloyds Bank, replacing its previous financing arrangements and providing updated funding facilities to support the Company's ongoing operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAWOOD, Norman Harold | Director | 1996-05-07 | Aug 1957 | British |
| RUSSELL, William John | Director | 2022-09-20 | Nov 1981 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWOOD, Alexander Joseph | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2019-10-23 |
| DAWOOD, Alissia Atalanta Rachel | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2019-10-23 |
| DAWOOD, Norman Harold | Secretary | 1996-05-07 | 2019-10-23 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-07 | 1996-05-07 |
| DAWOOD, Cindy Cynthia | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-03-09 |
| DAWOOD, Nessim Joseph | Director | 1996-05-07 | 2014-11-20 |
| DAWOOD, Richard Meir, Dr | Director | 1996-05-07 | 2020-03-09 |
| DAWOOD, Violet Juliet | Director | 1996-05-07 | 2019-10-23 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-05-07 | 1996-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vsi Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-09 | Active |
| Mr Norman Harold Dawood | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-09-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
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.