Vil Resins Ltd.
Registered name: VIL RESINS LTD.
Part of Varnish Industries Holdings Limited groupVil Resins Ltd. made £24.8m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Vil Resins Ltd.’s revenue fell 4% to £24.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.9m profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastics in primary forms” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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: “On 23 May 2025, the company ceased to be a subsidiary of VIL Holdings Limited and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Varnish Industries Holdings Limited. The company is included within VIL Holdings L”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.6m | £25.5m | £25.9m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £20.3m | £20.1m | £18.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.2m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 6.4% | 6.8% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 20.4% | 22.2% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £753k | £751k | £762k | £690k |
| Profit per employee | £51.3k | £48.4k | £51.9k | £51.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −299% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲1.4% | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▲7.2% | ▲5.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £961k | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £11.3m | £9.9m | £10.6m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6m | £5.9m | £9m | £10.8m |
| Current assets | £13.2m | £13.4m | £12.7m | £13m |
| Debtors | £6m | £6.7m | £5.7m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £172k | £235k | £186k | £553k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£7.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £690k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- ▲197%
- Now £553k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £10.8m
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
- Varnish Industries Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vil Resins Ltd.this 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 Sep 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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