Vitol Services Limited
Registered name: VITOL SERVICES LIMITED
Vitol Services Limited made £579m revenue and £98.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Vitol Services Limited’s revenue fell 41% to £579m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £98.7m profit and 381 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5bn | £976m | £579m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1bn | −£693m | −£442m |
| Gross profit | £409m | £283m | £137m |
| Operating profit | £403m | £279m | £130m |
| Profit before tax | £403m | £283m | £132m |
| Profit after tax | £308m | £211m | £98.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £308m | £211m | £98.7m |
| Employees (average) | 350 | 371 | 381 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 21% | 21.7% | 17% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 29% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.2m | £2.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £880k | £570k | £259k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼33.4% | ▼40.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.3% | ▼53.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £259k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 381
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Vitol Broking LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £98.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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