VF NORTHERN EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-81.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£36M
+6.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
938
-21.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
-4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £282,969 | £293,548 | £285,542,000 | £271,204,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,189 | £4,344 | £4,227,000 | £4,015,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,115 | £4,265 | £4,217,000 | £4,016,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,615,000 | £2,246,000 | |
| Cash | £71 | £5,947 | £5,641,000 | £1,039,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,394 | £33,662 | £35,519,000 | £37,619,000 | |
| Net assets | £27,406 | £31,285 | £33,861,000 | £36,077,000 | |
| Equity | £27,406 | £31,285 | £33,861,000 | £36,077,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,065 | 1,029 | 1,195 | 938 | |
| Wages | — | — | £19,431,000 | £19,739,000 | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-5%
£285,542,000 £271,204,000
-
Cash
-81.6%
£5,641,000 £1,039,000
-
Net assets
+6.5%
£33,861,000 £36,077,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-21.5%
1,195 938
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-5%
£4,227,000 £4,015,000
-
Profit before tax
-4.8%
£4,217,000 £4,016,000
-
Wages
+1.6%
£19,431,000 £19,739,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | 12.9% | 11.9% | 10.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.22x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 44.09x | 34.20x | 30.63x | 11.67x |
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
- VF NORTHERN EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED 2009-01-21 → present
- THE NORTH FACE (EUROPE) LIMITED 1994-12-16 → 2009-01-21
- THE NORTH FACE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 1983-02-18 → 1994-12-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have received a letter of support from VF Corporation., the company's ultimate parent, that it will provide any necessary funds to the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements to settle any obligations of the Company as they fall due. As a result, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANG, Tze Choi Theodore | Secretary | 2024-12-31 | — | — |
| MARIN, Vittorio | Director | 2022-09-30 | Nov 1968 | Italian |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISSET, Douglas Mcleod | Secretary | 2000-02-18 | 2002-04-29 |
| DOCHERTY, George | Secretary | — | 1997-04-30 |
| EMMERSON, Patrick John Maclean | Secretary | 2002-04-26 | 2015-04-17 |
| GORTON, Robert Lau | Secretary | — | 1989-12-31 |
| MCCALLUM, Duncan James | Secretary | 1997-05-01 | 2000-02-18 |
| PAYNE, Stephen William | Secretary | 2015-04-21 | 2024-12-31 |
| ARTZ, Eric | Director | 2002-04-15 | 2003-06-02 |
| CASON, Marsden | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2000-01-06 |
| CUMMINGS, Candace Syverson | Director | 2001-01-17 | 2003-06-02 |
| DERCLAYE, Jean-Luc | Director | 1990-01-01 | 1994-02-18 |
| DOCHERTY, George | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| EMMERSON, Patrick John Maclean | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2015-04-17 |
| GORTON, Robert Lau | Director | — | 1989-12-31 |
| HAMILTON, Bruce Allen | Director | — | 1990-01-01 |
| HOLTZ, Curtis Andrew | Director | 2012-07-23 | 2015-04-21 |
| KOONTZ, David Lee | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| LURIE, Geoffrey David | Director | 2000-01-06 | 2000-06-12 |
| MCDONALD, Mackey James | Director | 2000-06-11 | 2003-06-02 |
| MCFARLANE, William | Director | 1993-03-29 | 1995-12-20 |
| REES, Michael Joseph | Director | 2003-06-02 | 2006-02-23 |
| SALZBURGER, Karl Heinz | Director | 2012-07-23 | 2017-04-01 |
| SALZBURGER, Karl Heinz | Director | 1997-04-02 | 2009-03-20 |
| SCABBIA GUERRINI, Martino | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2026-01-28 |
| SIMON, William Neil | Director | 1996-12-19 | 1999-04-27 |
| SIMON, William Neil | Director | — | 1994-04-27 |
| SOLIMEI, Alessandro Zucchini | Director | 2015-04-21 | 2022-09-30 |
| WERLIN, William | Director | 1990-01-01 | 1993-03-29 |
| WILLEMS, Patrick | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2012-07-24 |
| WRIGHT, Neil | Director | 2009-03-05 | 2012-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vf Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-09-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.