SGS VITROLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+56.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-78.5% vs 2024
Employees
150
-2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-49.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,340,000 | £23,422,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,601,000 | £4,255,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,585,000 | £4,319,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,192,000 | -£159,000 | |
| Cash | £4,417,000 | £6,899,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,897,000 | £7,472,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,047,000 | £6,888,000 | |
| Equity | £32,047,000 | £6,888,000 | |
| Average employees | 153 | 150 | |
| Wages | £6,095,000 | £5,541,000 | |
| 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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-22.8%
£30,340,000 £23,422,000
-
Cash
+56.2%
£4,417,000 £6,899,000
-
Net assets
-78.5%
£32,047,000 £6,888,000
-
Employees
-2%
153 150
-
Operating profit
-50.5%
£8,601,000 £4,255,000
-
Profit before tax
-49.7%
£8,585,000 £4,319,000
-
Wages
-9.1%
£6,095,000 £5,541,000
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.3% | 18.2% | |
| Net margin | 27.0% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.1% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.69x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 537.56x | — |
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
- SGS VITROLOGY LIMITED 2012-05-18 → present
- VITROLOGY LIMITED 2006-09-08 → 2012-05-18
- LOTHIAN SHELF (434) LIMITED 2006-08-15 → 2006-09-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDAG, Catherine | Secretary | 2012-05-18 | — | — |
| BOYD, Michael | Director | 2019-04-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MCGURK, James | Director | 2018-07-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLIVER, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2006-12-13 | 2007-03-12 |
| RAMSAY, Martin William | Secretary | 2009-03-01 | 2012-05-18 |
| TEMPLE, Margaret | Secretary | 2007-03-12 | 2009-03-01 |
| BURNESS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2006-08-15 | 2006-12-13 |
| BROWN, James, Dr | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2009-11-06 |
| CLARK, Trevor Alexander | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2008-01-01 |
| DRAFFAN, George Harry, Dr | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2012-05-18 |
| EARL, Pauline | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2018-06-30 |
| GIBSON, Stephen, Dr | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2012-05-18 |
| GRIFFITHS, Catherine Jane | Director | 2012-05-18 | 2019-02-08 |
| GRIMM, Philippe Raymond, M. | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2012-05-18 |
| HORAN, Jane | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2012-05-18 |
| LOVATT, Archie, Dr | Director | 2008-09-30 | 2012-05-18 |
| MYLES, James Alexander | Director | 2006-12-12 | 2007-03-27 |
| OLIVER, Paul Anthony | Director | 2006-12-13 | 2007-03-27 |
| PATTULLO, Robert Michael | Director | 2009-11-06 | 2012-05-18 |
| SWORD, Ian Pollock, Doctor | Director | 2007-03-27 | 2009-11-06 |
| TEMPLE, Margaret | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2012-05-18 |
| BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-08-15 | 2006-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgs United Kingdom Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-05-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.