Horsham V.e. Limited
Registered name: HORSHAM V.E. LIMITED
Part of Grandvision N.V. groupHorsham V.e. Limited made £532k revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Horsham V.e. Limited’s revenue fell 75% to £532k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 immediate controlling party of the company is Abbeyfield V.E. Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. A copy of their financial statements can be obtained from Mere Way, Ruddington ”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £532k |
| Cost of sales | £485k | £585k | £600k | £148k |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £384k |
| Operating profit | £410k | £359k | £461k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £411k | £370k | £479k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £332k | £282k | £358k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £332k | £282k | £358k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £567k | £647k | £613k | £208k |
| Employees (average) | — | 18 | 15 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 13.4% | 16.6% | 296.1% |
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 72.3% | 72.2% | 72.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £117k | £144k | £106k |
| Profit per employee | — | £15.7k | £23.9k | £315k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲2% | ▼75.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.1% | ▲27% | ▲339.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼16.7% | ▼66.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7k | £7k | £4k | £0 |
| Net assets | £182k | £71k | £429k | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £76k | £55k | £41k | £0 |
| Current assets | £356k | £277k | £672k | £2m |
| Debtors | £33k | £147k | £279k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £22k | £99k | £26k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 296.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £106k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £315k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲367%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼67%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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
- Grandvision N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Vision Express Limited75–100%
- Vision Express Group Limited75–100%
- Vision Express (UK) Limited75–100%
- Abbeyfield V.e. Limited75–100%
- Horsham V.e. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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