VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Active
Company number 02576295Private limited companyIncorporated 1991

Key figures

£41,300,000+14.1%
Net assets 2025
+14.1%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m20242025

† VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 10519

Where the company stands among the 193 active companies whose first SIC code is 10519 (Manufacture of other milk products).

Net assets£41,300,000
Higher than 96% · median £22,614
Total assets£87,500,000
Higher than 97% · median £128,505
Cash£16,800,000
Higher than 97% · median £62,776
Company age35.8 years
Older than 98% · median 6.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS FELINFACH LIMITED£150.3m
  2. KENDAL NUTRICARE LTD£88.7m
  3. YEO VALLEY SERVICES LIMITED£44.1m
  4. VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£41.3m
  5. ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED£30.6m
  6. VOLAC MILK REPLACERS LIMITED£24m
  7. ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS TAW VALLEY LIMITED£18.2m
  8. FAST FORWARD FFW LIMITED£16.1m
  9. MINOR FIGURES LIMITED£12.4m
  10. PAKEEZA DAIRIES LIMITED£12m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 193. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02576295. It was incorporated on 23 Jan 1991. Its status is active. The registered office is in Royston (SG8). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other milk products (10519), manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals (10910).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £196,000,000. Profit for the year was £7,100,000. Net assets were £41,300,000, up 14.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £16,800,000. Total assets were £87,500,000 and total liabilities £35,300,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 193 active companies whose first SIC code is 10519: By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £22,614). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £128,505). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £62,776). It is older than 98% of them (median age 6.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) since 2019. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £199.3k. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £2,191, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly salt, stone and cement, miscellaneous food preparations, paper and paperboard. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly animal feed, pharmaceuticals, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 44 days to pay suppliers, and 36% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2023/24 shows median hourly pay for women 3.8% higher than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 7 Jan 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover196,600,000196,000,000
Profit for the year4,400,0007,100,000
Cash at bank and in hand8,000,00016,800,000
Total assets90,100,00087,500,000
Total liabilities45,100,00035,300,000
Net assets / total equity36,200,00041,300,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

3 contracts

VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) since 2019. Their combined published value is £199.3k.

Contracts
  1. Animal Feeding EquipmentUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · £104,618
  2. Animal Feeding EquipmentUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · £37,885
  3. HUSBANDRY EQUIPMENTUNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · £56,827

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

VOLAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £2,191.

Grant
  1. Cardiff University and Volac International LimitedDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £2,191 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
44 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
36%
Standard payment terms
45–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 28%
  • 31 to 60 days 50%
  • After 60 days 22%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
50
15%
26%
30 Jun 2025
54
15%
25%
31 Dec 2024
58
20%
53%
30 Jun 2024
60
8%
79%
31 Dec 2023
56
11%
94%
30 Jun 2023
58
5%
94%
31 Dec 2022
54
11%
60%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2023/24
Median hourly pay
women 3.8% higher
Mean hourly pay
women 2.5% lower
Median bonus pay
women 0.6% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter33% womenLower middle28% womenUpper middle29.8% womenUpper pay quarter38.7% women
Earlier years (6)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2022/23
women 0.3% higher
women 8% lower
2021/22
women 4.7% higher
women 12.2% lower
2020/21
women 0.6% higher
women 18.4% lower
2019/20
women 3.8% lower
women 10.9% lower
2018/19
women 4% lower
women 27.1% lower
2017/18
women 2.4% lower
women 29% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: salt, stone and cement, miscellaneous food preparations, paper and paperboard, dairy, eggs and honey and miscellaneous chemicals.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: animal feed, pharmaceuticals, machinery, miscellaneous food preparations and paper and paperboard.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £196m, net assets £41.3m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £196.6m, net assets £36.2m
  3. Woodford Holdings Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.