VITOL BROKING LIMITED
Operating as a UK subsidiary of the privately held multinational energy and commodity trading group Vitol, the company provides broking and support services for petroleum and natural gas extraction.
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Cash
£1.1M
-78.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£190M
-43.6% vs 2023
Employees
175
-3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£270M
-30.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,295,480,663 | £841,677,153 | -35% | |
| Operating profit | £386,378,613 | £265,382,747 | -31.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £386,835,256 | £269,936,207 | -30.2% | |
| Net profit | £295,683,027 | £202,284,987 | -31.6% | |
| Cash | £4,996,100 | £1,060,711 | -78.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £336,229,118 | £189,764,105 | -43.6% | |
| Net assets | £336,229,118 | £189,764,105 | -43.6% | |
| Equity | £336,229,118 | £189,764,105 | -43.6% | |
| Average employees | 182 | 175 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £765,249,914 | £472,658,964 | -38.2% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.8% | 31.5% | |
| Net margin | 22.8% | 24.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 114.9% | 139.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.4% | 73.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.37x |
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
- IFRS
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its commitments as they fall due from the date of approval of these financial statements to 31 August 2026 (the going concern period).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS, Valentine Justin | Director | 2024-12-31 | Oct 1984 | British |
| MARSH, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2019-01-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| SCHLAEPFER, Andrea Clare | Director | 2019-01-01 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUMAN, Gerrit | Secretary | 1999-10-26 | 2001-12-31 |
| MARTIN, John Kerr | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| L.C.I. SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-10-26 | 1999-10-26 |
| BOUMAN, Gerrit | Director | 1999-10-26 | 1999-12-13 |
| FERREY, Matthew Robert | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2006-07-31 |
| FORREST, Calum Usher | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| FRANSEN, David Bernard | Director | 1999-12-16 | 2003-08-01 |
| GREENSLADE, Paul John | Director | 1999-12-13 | 2014-12-05 |
| HARDY, Russell David | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-01-01 |
| HARDY, Russell | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2007-05-31 |
| MARTIN, John Kerr | Director | 1999-10-26 | 1999-12-13 |
| PARSONS, Andrew John Howard | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Mark | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| L.C.I. DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-10-26 | 1999-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitol Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-02-01 | Active |
| Vitol Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.