Vma Midlands Ltd
Registered name: VMA MIDLANDS LTD
Part of Compagnie D'Entreprises Cfe Sa groupVma Midlands Ltd made £13.2m revenue and £438k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Vma Midlands Ltd’s revenue grew 286% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £438k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in South Cave; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Cave, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 parent undertaking is VMA NV, a company registered in Belgium.The ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Ackermans & van Haaren, a company registered in Belgium. Copies of ”
Key figures
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £623k | £3.4m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £147k | £3.2m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | £476k | £269k | £753k |
| Operating profit | £290k | £230k | £583k |
| Profit before tax | £291k | £231k | £584k |
| Profit after tax | £235k | £177k | £438k |
| Profit (best available) | £235k | £177k | £438k |
| Staff costs | £131k | £6.8k | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 37.8% | 5.2% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 76.4% | 7.8% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £208k | £3.4m | £13.2m |
| Profit per employee | £78.5k | £177k | £438k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲450.1% | ▲285.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.9% | ▲147.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼66.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £224k | £29.1k | £205k |
| Net assets | £396k | £573k | £1m |
| Current assets | £469k | £3.7m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £179k | £504k | £3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £13.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £438k
- 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
- 25.4%
- 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
- ▲76%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲603%
- Now £205k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Compagnie D'Entreprises Cfe Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Vma Midlands Ltdthis 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £438k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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