VIANET GROUP PLC
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Cash
£3.4m
+22.3% vs 2025
Net assets
£27m
-1.4% vs 2025
Employees
127
-0.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£832k
-10.4% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,266,000 | £15,497,000 | +1.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,031,000 | £818,000 | -20.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £929,000 | £832,000 | -10.4% | |
| Net profit | £857,000 | £410,000 | -52.2% | |
| Cash | £2,777,000 | £3,395,000 | +22.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,386,000 | £30,981,000 | -1.3% | |
| Net assets | £27,142,000 | £26,775,000 | -1.4% | |
| Equity | £27,142,000 | £26,775,000 | -1.4% | |
| Average employees | 128 | 127 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | £5,806,000 | £6,349,000 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £497,000 | £836,000 | +68.2% |
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 2.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.2% | 20.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.87x | 2.93x | |
| Interest cover | 2.95x | 4.35x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- VIANET GROUP PLC 2012-04-02 → present
- BRULINES GROUP PLC 2008-07-23 → 2012-04-02
- BRULINES(HOLDINGS)PLC 2006-05-18 → 2008-07-23
- BRULINES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2005-05-09 → 2006-05-18
- GWECO 253 LIMITED 2005-01-28 → 2005-05-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result, the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- VIANET GROUP PLC · parent
- Brulines Group Limited 100%
- Vianet Americas Inc 100%
- Vianet Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Craig Brocklehurst has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and Sarah Bentham continues in her role of Chief Financial Officer following her promotion in August 2025.”
- “Following the COVID-19 period, combining the Chair and Chief Executive Officer roles was necessary to provide continuity and stability through a highly uncertain operating environment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTHAM, Sarah | Secretary | 2025-07-16 | — | — |
| BENTHAM, Sarah | Director | 2025-08-01 | Nov 1983 | British |
| COPLIN, David Charles | Director | 2018-04-01 | Mar 1970 | British |
| DICKSON, James William | Director | 2005-04-20 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PANU, Stella | Director | 2022-07-13 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Secretary | 2006-01-03 | 2025-07-16 |
| JAMES, Stephen Anthony | Secretary | 2005-04-20 | 2006-01-03 |
| GWECO SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-01-28 | 2005-05-03 |
| COLLIN, Derrick | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2006-05-10 |
| DARLING, Stewart William | Director | 2009-07-09 | 2021-02-23 |
| FOSTER, Mark Hardwick | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2025-07-16 |
| GILLILAND, Stewart Charles | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2015-12-31 |
| MCGOUN, Mike | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2018-06-28 |
| NEWMAN, James Henry | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2013-03-31 |
| NOBLE, Duncan James | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2012-07-05 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2022-07-13 |
| GWECO DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-01-28 | 2005-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-11-04 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 10
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.