£5.60m
+9%vs Dec 202301
Summary
VG MSO LTD is an active private limited company (company number NI015669) incorporated on 30 March 1982, registered in Belfast. Its registered activity is manufacture of printed labels (SIC 18121). Latest full accounts cover the period ending 31 December 2024, showing net assets of £5.60m and cash of £784k, with 162 employees on average. Turnover was £20.90m and profit for the year £448k. Net assets rose 9% on the prior period (£5.15m).
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 464 comparable companies in the UK (median £6,197, upper quartile £78k).
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 30 March 198244 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 30 September 202622 days overdue
- Confirmation statement due
- 13 April 2027in 173 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 18121
- Manufacture of printed labels
- SIC 18129
- Printing n.e.c.
- Accounts type
- Full
- Size band
- MediumCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£784k
−83%vs Dec 2023£20.90m
−3%vs Dec 2023162
+1%vs Dec 2023| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £5.60m | £784k | — | £5.47m | £20.90m | £448k | 162 |
| 31 December 2023 | £5.15m | £4.72m | — | £8.01m | £21.47m | £854k | 160 |
| 1 January 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Current ratio1.5Comfortable
Net margin2.1%Profit for the year ÷ turnover
Cash per employee£4,840Cash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Firmoscan score
75 / 100 · grade B
| 50 | Starting scoreEvery scored company starts here |
| +10 | Positive net assetsNet assets £5,602,556 at 2024-12-31 |
| +8 | Comfortable liquidityCurrent ratio 1.5 |
| +4 | Cash reservesCash £784,020 |
| +5 | Multi-year filing history3 periods on record |
| +8 | EstablishedIncorporated 1982-03-30 (45 years) |
| −10 | Accounts overdueDue 2026-09-30 |
| 75 | Score, grade B |
A transparent, rules-based score from filed data only: every point lists its evidence. It is not a credit rating or advice. How the score is computed.
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Ownership and control
- Vg Cartoncare Ltd
- owns 75–100% of shares
- holds 75–100% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Mso Group Ltd
- owns 75–100% of shares
- Mr Ralph Wilson Chalmers
- has significant influence or control
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents.
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Timeline
- Confirmation statement duein 173 days
- Next accounts due22 days overdue
- Accounts period endNet assets £5.60m · full accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £5.15m · full accounts
- Accounts period end
- Incorporated
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- CMK MEDIA LIMITEDBelfast · inc. Nov 2015
- I T T ( NI ) LIMITEDBelfast · inc. Nov 2015
- B & S LABELS LTDBelfast · inc. May 2016
All companies incorporated on 30 March 1982 · in Mar 1982.
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Reminders for VG MSO LTD
Get an email before each filing deadline — accounts and confirmation statement — so nothing is late.