Vaughan Limited
Registered name: VAUGHAN LIMITED
Part of Alcuin Capital Partners LLP groupVaughan Limited made £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Vaughan Limited reported £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024, up 2% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 130 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Oldbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £13m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 130 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £19.4k | £18.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £14m | £10.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £776k | £515k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £506k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £10.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲96%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 130
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £506k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2.9m
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
- Alcuin Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Alcuin GP V LLP75–100%
- Volt Topco Limited75–100%
- Volt Bidco Limited75–100%
- Itchen Stoke Limited75–100%
- Vaughan Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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