VIVO DEFENCE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£44M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £987,959,000 | £916,434,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £35,834,000 | £43,705,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £34,784,000 | £44,381,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £26,897,000 | £33,526,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £202 | £202 | — | — | |
| Equity | £202 | £202 | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.6% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.7% | 3.7% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 22.27x | 47.10x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that VIVO will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the going concern assessment period from the date of the approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In August 2024, VIVO was awarded two of the regions within the Central and South-West of England covering 1,622 sites... The contract is co-terminus with the Built Estate main contract and will run until 31st Jan 2029.”
- “During the year, the Company repaid £20m of loans from its shareholders, Equans Holding UK Limited and Serco Holdings Limited. At the end of 2024, £10m of vehicle leases were transferred from Serco Limited to VIVO.”
- “the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (DSTL) contract went live on 1 December 2023, is co-terminus with the Built Estate contracts, and is worth circa £18m per annum.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUANS HOLDING UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-17 | — | — |
| GRAHAM, James Peter Hamilton | Director | 2026-02-09 | May 1986 | British |
| MACPHERSON, Colin | Director | 2019-04-17 | Jan 1965 | British |
| MOENS, Pieter Marie Gustaaf | Director | 2023-04-25 | Oct 1974 | Belgian |
| REYNELL, Colin William | Director | 2019-04-17 | May 1969 | British |
| SHAW, Helen | Director | 2022-12-19 | May 1983 | British |
| UMBERS, Douglas | Director | 2022-12-19 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSLEY, Nigel | Director | 2024-02-21 | 2025-02-28 |
| DINGWALL, Alan | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2022-12-19 |
| HOCKMAN, Samuel | Director | 2019-04-17 | 2022-02-28 |
| IRWIN, Mark Winston | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2022-12-19 |
| LOISEAU, Jean-Philippe Marc Vincent | Director | 2021-09-27 | 2026-02-09 |
| POLLINS, Andrew Martin | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2023-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equans Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-04-17 | Active |
| Serco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-04-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.