VESTAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£275k
-76.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7m
-22.1% vs 2025
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2m
-1,763.6% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £97,972,000 | £68,677,000 | £24,097,000 | -64.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,394,000 | £2,741,000 | £1,154,000 | -57.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,650,000 | -£107,000 | -£1,994,000 | -1,763.6% | |
| Net profit | -£3,650,000 | -£107,000 | -£1,994,000 | -1,763.6% | |
| Cash | £1,037,000 | £1,171,000 | £275,000 | -76.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,151,000 | £53,081,000 | £57,357,000 | +8.1% | |
| Net assets | £108,000 | £9,038,000 | £7,044,000 | -22.1% | |
| Equity | £108,000 | £9,038,000 | £7,044,000 | -22.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 4.0% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -0.2% | -8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.5% | 5.2% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.8% | 83.9% | 88.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 18.74x | 14.90x | |
| Interest cover | 0.28x | 0.72x | 0.37x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to trade over the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of these financial statements. The directors are confident that trading performance will remain strong.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, David Graham | Secretary | 2025-05-16 | — | — |
| BALL, David Graham | Director | 2023-01-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Michael John | Director | 2026-01-31 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGNALL, Gerald Valentine | Secretary | 2007-10-25 | 2010-06-25 |
| BROWN, Duncan Neil | Secretary | 2018-04-26 | 2025-05-16 |
| BROWN, Duncan Neil | Secretary | 2017-04-07 | 2017-05-10 |
| HILL, Alexandra Abigail | Secretary | 2012-09-20 | 2014-08-31 |
| MONCRIEFF, Zoe Nadine | Secretary | 2010-06-25 | 2012-08-24 |
| MORTON, Patricia Ann | Secretary | 2014-10-16 | 2017-04-07 |
| RAJPUT, Puneet | Secretary | 2005-07-14 | 2007-10-25 |
| SANDERSON, John Anthony | Secretary | 2017-05-10 | 2018-04-26 |
| BAGNALL, Gerald Valentine | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2013-08-21 |
| BARTON, Robert Jeremy | Director | 2008-09-11 | 2015-09-24 |
| BATCHELOR, Mark Richard | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2017-12-07 |
| BROWN, Duncan Neil | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2025-05-16 |
| CHUN, Julian David | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2017-04-21 |
| COOKE, Jane Lesley | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2017-03-31 |
| FLOOD, William James | Director | 2008-09-11 | 2011-08-31 |
| HANCE, Lynda Sharon | Director | 2008-09-11 | 2014-07-24 |
| MACRO, Julian James, Revd | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2008-09-11 |
| MITCHELL, Anthony Albert | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2011-09-15 |
| NORRIS, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2018-10-29 | 2019-03-04 |
| PERRY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2025-05-16 | 2026-07-23 |
| RAW, Philip Hugh | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2018-09-13 |
| SAMUELS, Tristan Lee Valentine | Director | 2024-07-18 | 2026-01-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Michael John | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2022-12-31 |
| SHEPHERD, Michael John | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2017-05-10 |
| STANCOMBE, Michael Francis | Director | 2015-12-03 | 2017-04-21 |
| TILLER, Caroline Jane | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2005-10-19 |
| WALLIS, William Oscar Francis | Director | 2008-01-24 | 2008-03-27 |
| WYLIE, Richard | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2010-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Housing Association Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.