VOLT BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£10k
-49.7% vs 2025
Net assets
-£6m
-175.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3.8m
-2.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£9,107 | -£11,894 | £4,439 | +137.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,542,254 | -£3,706,775 | -£3,801,452 | -2.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,542,254 | -£3,706,775 | -£3,801,452 | -2.6% | |
| Cash | £5,000 | £19,863 | £10,000 | -49.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,480,045 | £35,658,770 | £33,120,520 | -7.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,542,254 | -£2,164,521 | -£5,965,973 | -175.6% | |
| Equity | £1,542,254 | -£2,164,521 | -£5,965,973 | -175.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 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. 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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.2% | 105.3% | 114.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.02x | 0.01x | 0.01x | |
| Interest cover | -0.00x | -0.00x | 0.00x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed for the Company's financial forecasts for the next twelve months alongside the cash position and have a reasonable expectation that the Company have the resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- VOLT BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Vaughan Designs Inc 100%
- Vaughan Limited 100%
- Itchen Stoke Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end, the loans were refinanced and are repayable five years from the date of refinancing, being 23 June 2031.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEMAN-SHEAD, Beth | Director | 2025-06-23 | Mar 1980 | British |
| GOODWORTH, Richard John | Director | 2026-02-16 | Mar 1975 | British |
| STOREY, Mark Henry | Director | 2022-12-20 | Oct 1961 | British |
| WILSON, Neil Richard | Director | 2022-12-20 | May 1982 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, Nigel | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2026-01-19 |
| WYE, Sheila Louise | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2024-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volt Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-09-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-14 | 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
- 7
- 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.