VERO SCREENING LTD
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Cash
£1.9m
-1.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
+7.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
169
-15.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4m
+53.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £17,752,777 | £22,208,065 | £24,870,506 | +12% | |
| Operating profit | £1,463,841 | £2,578,592 | £4,033,118 | +56.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,538,868 | £2,628,344 | £4,038,233 | +53.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,180,970 | £1,969,144 | £3,056,533 | +55.2% | |
| Cash | £1,981,941 | £1,919,280 | £1,888,306 | -1.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,113,488 | £5,766,275 | £6,271,323 | +8.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,079,488 | £5,748,632 | £6,205,165 | +7.9% | |
| Equity | £6,079,488 | £5,748,632 | £6,205,165 | +7.9% | |
| Average employees | 264 | 200 | 169 | -15.5% | |
| Wages | £7,587,957 | £7,526,778 | £6,837,730 | -9.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £151,787 | £168,368 | £193,621 | +15% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,321 | £1,617 | £651 | -59.7% |
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 | 8.2% | 11.6% | 16.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 8.9% | 12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.9% | 44.7% | 64.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.9% | 32.3% | 33.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.56x | 2.67x | 2.60x |
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
- VERO SCREENING LTD 2006-06-20 → present
- HRUG LIMITED 2006-02-21 → 2006-06-20
- ORSAY PARTNERS LIMITED 2005-03-14 → 2006-02-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- VERO SCREENING LTD · parent
- Vero Screening Pte. Ltd. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWENS, Sylvie | Secretary | 2024-04-23 | — | — |
| DOWD, Timothy | Director | 2022-07-18 | Mar 1963 | American |
| ISMAIL, Rashid | Director | 2025-07-03 | Apr 1976 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREWRY, Thomas Laurent Jolyon | Secretary | 2005-04-11 | 2007-03-21 |
| MARSHALL, Stuart Paul | Secretary | 2007-03-21 | 2022-07-18 |
| WHEELER, David | Secretary | 2022-07-18 | 2024-04-23 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-03-14 | 2005-03-14 |
| DIGGINES, Patrick William | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2011-12-12 |
| DREWRY, Thomas Laurent Jolyon | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2007-03-21 |
| EMSON, Rupert | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2024-03-28 |
| EVANS, Richard Seaton | Director | 2007-08-23 | 2022-07-18 |
| FUJIOKA, Bryan Kazumasa | Director | 2022-07-18 | 2026-09-30 |
| MARSHALL, Stuart Paul | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2022-07-18 |
| MEAKIN, Henry Paul John | Director | 2007-08-23 | 2022-07-18 |
| MORGAN, Rebecca | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2022-07-18 |
| TAGG, Gavin Kenneth | Director | 2024-03-19 | 2025-07-11 |
| WHEELER, David Mark | Director | 2022-07-18 | 2024-04-23 |
| WOODROUGH, Steven Richard | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2022-07-18 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-03-14 | 2005-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accurate Background Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.