VL Midco 2 Limited
Registered name: VL MIDCO 2 LIMITED
Part of William Pears Group Limited groupVL Midco 2 Limited made £0 revenue and a £100m loss in the year to 29 Feb 2024.
VL Midco 2 Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 29 Feb 2024, with a loss of £100m. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Ringwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Ringwood
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | −£100m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | −£100m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | −£100m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | −£100m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
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
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- William Pears Group Investments Limited75–100%
- William Pears Group of Companies Limited(The)75–100%
- Echoline Limited75–100%
- VL Topco Limited75–100%
- VL Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- VL Midco 2 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Feb 2024 (profit −£100m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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