Volante Limited
Registered name: VOLANTE LIMITED
Part of Brookvale Limited groupVolante Limited made £32.3m revenue and £409k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Volante Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £32.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £409k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Chessington; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chessington, London
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's ultimate parent company is Brookvale Limited, company number”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.5m | £28.1m | £30.3m | £27.1m | £32.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £22.7m | £24.9m | £22.1m | £26.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £168k | £741k | £713k | £665k | £444k |
| Profit before tax | £242k | £783k | £765k | £726k | £522k |
| Profit after tax | £216k | £639k | £387k | £726k | £409k |
| Profit (best available) | £216k | £639k | £387k | £726k | £409k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 49 | 54 | 55 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 19% | 17.8% | 18.4% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £586k | £573k | £560k | £493k | £587k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £13k | £7.2k | £13.2k | £7.4k |
| Cash conversion | −35.3% | −65.8% | −190.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲7.8% | ▼10.4% | ▲19.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲196.2% | ▼39.4% | ▲87.5% | ▼43.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲10.2% | ▲1.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £946k |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £9.3m | £9m | £9.6m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £569k | £594k | £479k | £390k | £258k |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £12m | £12.5m | £12.5m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £821k | £945k | £647k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£59.3k | −£488k | −£1.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £587k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲4%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £946k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲70%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £258k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brookvale Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volante Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Planners Services & Sundries LimitedRev. £27.5m · Profit £650k
- Pennine Flooring Supplies LimitedRev. £22.5m · Profit £109k
- Heritage Woodcraft LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Palmer Carpets LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P.R. Flooring Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Potts & Ward, Woodcocks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Floor Hub LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Flooring Hub LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £409k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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