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Company description
VP PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 5 May 1950; registered for 76 years; registered office reported in HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 77320 · Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 29 trade marks, 1 procurement record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- VP PLC
- Company number
- 00481833
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 43 total · 7 outstanding · 36 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
12 January 2026Next statement due
26 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 14.9%
- Mean bonus gap
- 42.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 60.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 64.8%
- Women in top quartile
- 28.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 21.3%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 34.3%
- Women in lower quartile
- 20.3%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 9993.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-5.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99913.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9996.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49995.6% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9995.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9992.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9992.7% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 1 May 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £34,317,416
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £12,464,934
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £9,722,963
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £13,993,691
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 42.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Payment terms changed
We have changed from 60 days end of month to 60 days net during the period.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Vp plc's standard payment terms are 60 days from date of invoice and these apply to the majority of supplier accounts. However, there are a range of terms in place for different suppliers, ranging from immediate payment to 90 days month-end. Payment terms are agreed to at the start of the business relationship and are confirmed in writing once accounts have been set up.
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers are formally advised of any invoice queries and Accounts Payable teams liaise with the supplier and the ordering point to resolve them. Records are kept of progress made or setbacks encountered. Queries are prioritised in terms of age and due date for resolution, with the aim of resolving all invoice queries within 30 days. Suppliers should contact the Accounts Payable department at the following address if they have any issues or problems with unpaid/overdue invoices: Vp plc Accounts Payable Central House Beckwith Knowle Otley Road Harrogate HG3 1UD
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 51.0 average days to pay43.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 66.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay49.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
VP PLC
LEI 213800TBQKKQR7UXZP80 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 5 May 1950
- Initial LEI registration
- 22 January 2014
- LEI last updated
- 2 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 1 March 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- CENTRAL HOUSE, BECKWITH KNOWLE OTLEY ROAD, HARROGATE, GB-NYK, HG3 1UD, GB
- Headquarters address
- CENTRAL HOUSE, BECKWITH KNOWLE OTLEY ROAD, HARROGATE, GB-NYK, HG3 1UD, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- VP PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Approved
- 26 September 2023
- Sectors
- Construction, civil engineering and building products
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 18 October 2023
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
VP PLC
Registration Z6165570
- Registered from
- 10 December 2001
- Current end date
- 9 December 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Lease of 12T Telehandler
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-0cd9e118-77b2-4a01-a425-0205fe9b1991
- Supplier named in award
- VP PLC t/a UK FORKS
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 30 May 2024 – 31 January 2025
- Published
- 12 June 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0cd9e118-77b2-4a01-a425-0205fe9b1991-2024-06-12T11:51:35+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
MR C
Owner VP Plc · classes 7,37
- Filed / designated
- 14 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 August 2027
SHEETMASTER
Owner Vp Plc · classes 7
- Filed / designated
- 25 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 April 2026
STOPPER SPECIALISTS
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,7,9,17,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 26 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 January 2025
PILETEC
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,7,9,37
- Filed / designated
- 26 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 January 2025
MR CROPPER
Owner VP Plc · classes 7,37
- Filed / designated
- 26 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 January 2025
ESS SAFEFORCE MAKING IT HAPPEN - THIS TIME, NEXT TIME, EVERY TIME
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,7,9,10,11,35,37,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 September 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 September 2021
ESS SAFEFORCE DEDICATED TO YOUR SAFETY
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,7,9,10,11,35,37,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 September 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 September 2021
ESS SAFEFORCE
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,7,9,10,11,35,37,38,40,41,42,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 15 September 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 September 2021
GROUNDFORCE SHORCO
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 20 May 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 May 2018
GROUNDFORCE
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 20 May 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 May 2018
piletec a division of Groundforce
Owner Vp Plc · classes 7,37
- Filed / designated
- 27 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 May 2024
survey technology a division of Groundforce
Owner Vp Plc · classes 9,37
- Filed / designated
- 27 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 May 2024
stopper specialists a division of Groundforce
Owner Vp Plc · classes 6,7,17,37
- Filed / designated
- 27 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 May 2024
THE LIFTING POINT
Owner Vp Plc · classes 7,12,20,37
- Filed / designated
- 5 October 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 October 2020
UK FORKS
Owner Vp Plc · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 11 April 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 April 2020
T Torrent Trackside
Owner Vp Plc · classes 37,41
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2018
TORRENT TRACKSIDE
Owner Vp Plc · classes 37
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2018
MECHSHORE
Owner VP Plc · classes 37
- Filed / designated
- 17 June 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 June 2020
MECHSHORE
Owner VP Plc · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 17 June 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 June 2020
V VIBROPLANT
Owner VP Plc · classes 37
- Filed / designated
- 1 October 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 October 2027
GROUNDFORCE
Owner VP Plc · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 28 October 1983
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 October 2024
GRAVSHORE
Owner VP Plc · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 26 March 1981
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 March 2022
Figurative mark
Owner VP Plc · classes 12
- Filed / designated
- 16 December 1975
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 December 2026
TPA
Owner VP Plc · classes 6,9,12,17,19,27,37
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
SOKKIA SCOTLAND
Owner Vp Plc · classes 9,35,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 6 June 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 June 2016
SOKKIA IRELAND
Owner Vp Plc · classes 9,35,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 24 March 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 March 2016
Figurative mark
Owner Vp Plc · classes 6,7,12,35,37,39,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2011
Cannon
Owner VP Plc · classes 37
- Filed / designated
- 29 November 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 November 2006
V
Owner VP Plc · classes 7
- Filed / designated
- 27 March 1973
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 March 2008
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No PSC entry for this company was present in the imported snapshot.
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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