VSS Limited
Registered name: VSS LIMITED
Part of MBS Equipment U.K., Ltd groupVSS Limited made £12.7m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
VSS Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.5m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment” and is based in Slough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £24.6m | £9.9m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £7.5m | £5.1m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £17.1m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £11.5m | £409k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £10.5m | £183k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £8.2m | £52.5k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £8.2m | £52.5k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £541k | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 15 | 20 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 32% | 33.2% | 0.5% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 68.6% | 69.5% | 48.9% | 44.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £1.6m | £496k | £528k |
| Profit per employee | £908k | £544k | £2.6k | £62.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲27.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲2758% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £4.1m | £170k | £653k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £11.2m | £10.6m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £9.8m | £12.4m | £11.1m | £9.8m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.9m | £2.7m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £664k | £721k | £985k |
| Deferred income | — | £611k | £354k | £242k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £528k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £62.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 77.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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 £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲285%
- Now £653k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £242k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £9.8m
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
- MBS Equipment U.K., Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- VSS Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- MBS Asset Management UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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