VITAL ENERGI UTILITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-15
Watchouts
Cash
£43M
+17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£77M
+17.6% vs 2024
Employees
722
+15.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£14M
+20% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £220,961,000 | £244,904,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,397,000 | £6,610,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,890,000 | £14,265,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,804,000 | £10,716,000 | |
| Cash | £36,491,000 | £42,928,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £86,511,000 | £95,890,000 | |
| Net assets | £65,074,000 | £76,542,000 | |
| Equity | £65,074,000 | £76,542,000 | |
| Average employees | 626 | 722 | |
| Wages | £36,492,000 | £44,338,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,807,000 | £1,908,000 |
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+10.8%
£220,961,000 £244,904,000
-
Cash
+17.6%
£36,491,000 £42,928,000
-
Net assets
+17.6%
£65,074,000 £76,542,000
-
Employees
+15.3%
626 722
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Operating profit
+3.3%
£6,397,000 £6,610,000
-
Profit before tax
+20%
£11,890,000 £14,265,000
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Wages
+21.5%
£36,492,000 £44,338,000
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.9% | 69.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 5.58x | 8.47x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- VITAL ENERGI UTILITIES LIMITED 2002-04-02 → present
- VITAL ENERGY UTILITIES LIMITED 2001-10-18 → 2002-04-02
- VITAL ENERGY LIMITED 2000-08-09 → 2001-10-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the directors believe it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis, as the review carried out indicates the business will meet its obligations as they become due for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKECHNIE, Stewart | Secretary | 2022-03-04 | — | — |
| COOKE, Michael Ian | Director | 2020-12-22 | Jul 1975 | British |
| FIELDING, Gary John | Director | 2000-08-09 | Nov 1955 | British |
| PARKER, Cecile George | Director | 2022-03-04 | Apr 1977 | French |
| SMITH, Paul Andrew | Director | 2020-12-22 | Nov 1971 | British |
| WALSH, Ashley Jan | Director | 2022-05-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| WHITELOCK, Andrew Jonathan | Director | 2020-12-22 | Mar 1988 | British |
| WHITELOCK, Ian Michael | Director | 2001-08-01 | Oct 1959 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKETT, Stephen | Secretary | 2009-06-26 | 2022-03-04 |
| BECKETT, Stephen John | Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2007-07-09 |
| BURGESS, Andrew Graham | Secretary | 2007-07-10 | 2009-06-26 |
| WHITELOCK, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2000-08-09 | 2003-08-01 |
| NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-09 | 2000-08-09 |
| BECKETT, Stephen John | Director | 2014-07-25 | 2022-03-04 |
| BRATT, Robert | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2008-02-08 |
| CALLAGHAN, Robert Thomas | Director | 2021-07-09 | 2023-08-04 |
| CALLAGHAN, Robert Thomas | Director | 2020-12-22 | 2021-04-22 |
| MCKECHNIE, Stewart John | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2014-07-25 |
| WEBSTER, Stephen Charles | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2016-11-02 |
| WHITELOCK, Deborah Maureen | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2025-04-01 |
| NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-09 | 2000-08-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital Energi Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-08-01 | Active |
| Vital Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.