BALL & YOUNG LIMITED
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales under company number 00901282 and shown as active on the Companies House register. It manufactures underlay for floor coverings: its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 give its principal activity as the manufacture of rubber and polyurethane underlay for the flooring industry. The company’s website, which publishes the same company number and VAT number GB 606342171, markets its products under the Cloud 9 name, with domestic, contract, wood-and-laminate and specialist rubber ranges plus gripper and metal edgings for flooring fitters.
The company was incorporated on 20 March 1967 as British Vita International Limited. Its certificate of change of name dated 9 February 1973 records the change to Vitafoam Limited, following a special resolution of 23 January 1973. A further certificate dated 1 October 2008 records the change to the present name, Ball & Young Limited. The Companies House previous-names table omits the 1967–1973 name and shows Vitafoam Limited from incorporation. The certificates themselves give the correct history. The register classifies the business under SIC 20160 (manufacture of plastics in primary forms).
For the 2025 financial year, BALL & YOUNG LIMITED reported company-level turnover of £30,726,420 (2024: £26,272,690), of which £29,534,398 was earned in the United Kingdom, £936,593 in continental Europe and £255,429 elsewhere. Operating profit was £5,179,484 (2024: £4,885,480). Profit before tax of £13,092,772 is more than double the operating result because it includes £8,872,331 of interest receivable on intra-group loans. Profit for the year was £9,867,870 and net assets at 31 December 2025 were £120,280,577. Average monthly headcount, including directors, was 107 (2024: 112). The directors describe 2025 as a challenging year, with sales falling in some markets because of soft demand and, in some cases, lost market share, even though total turnover rose.
The 2025 and 2024 accounts are unaudited, because the company claimed the subsidiary audit exemption in section 479A of the Companies Act 2006. Full audited accounts were filed for earlier years. The charges register lists nine charges, two of them outstanding: both were created in 2021 in favour of Lucid Trustee Services Limited. The filing history contains no insolvency or strike-off filings.
Sources
- Companies House, company overview for 00901282: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282 (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, annual report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025, filed 21 Sep 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzU0NTk5OTgxOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, certificate of incorporation, 20 Mar 1967: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzAzMTkxNjRhZGlxemtjeA/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, special resolution of 23 Jan 1973 and certificate of incorporation on change of name dated 9 Feb 1973: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MjAyOTczNTc4NGFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, certificate of incorporation on change of name, 1 Oct 2008: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MjAxNDUxOTIwOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, charges register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/charges (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, filing history (all 11 pages, 258 filings reviewed): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Ball & Young Ltd website (footer publishes company reg. no. 00901282): https://www.ballandyoung.com/ (retrieved 2026-10-15)
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of BALL & YOUNG LIMITED
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED has one disclosed shareholder: Vita (Group) Unlimited, a private unlimited company registered in England and Wales under number 00871669. Its holding is a direct one. Under note 15 of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025, the issued share capital is 12,500,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, fully paid, unchanged from 2024. Note 18 names Vita (Group) Unlimited as the immediate parent undertaking. The company’s register of persons with significant control lists Vita (Group) Unlimited as its only entry, notified on 6 April 2016, under three limbs: ownership of shares (75% or more), voting rights (75% or more) and the right to appoint or remove directors. The UK register publishes these bands, not exact percentages.
The filings agree with the single shareholder row shown on this page: one holder of 12,500,000 ordinary shares of £1, equal to 100% of the issued capital. According to its Companies House previous-names table, Vita (Group) Unlimited was previously named British Vita Unlimited (2005–2013) and, before that, British Vita PLC. That table was not checked against certificates. The written special resolution of 1 October 2008 that changed this company’s name was signed on behalf of British Vita Unlimited as holder of the £1 ordinary shares. The filing index records an allotment on 2 July 2009 of 10,000,000 £1 shares, which took issued capital from £2,500,000 to £12,500,000. This date comes from the index description; the underlying form was not opened.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
No natural person is identified as a beneficial owner in any filing reviewed. Note 18 of the 2025 accounts names Vita Global Holdings Limited as the ultimate parent company. It names the ultimate controlling party as Strategic Value Partners, LLC or its affiliates Strategic Value Special Situations Master Fund III, LP, Strategic Value Opportunities Fund, LP and Strategic Value Special Situations Master Fund IV, LP, and describes all of them as partnerships located in the Cayman Islands. The filings do not disclose the percentages held at the levels above the Luxembourg intermediate holding company, so no effective ownership percentage can be calculated. The group structure block sets out the chain.
Data availability
Partial. The direct shareholding is fully disclosed and consistent across the accounts, the PSC register and the stored row. Ownership above the UK and Luxembourg companies is described only qualitatively in the accounts. The Cayman Islands partnerships named as controlling parties publish no investor lists, and the filings reviewed name no natural person as a UBO.
Sources
- Companies House, annual report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 (notes 15 and 18), filed 21 Sep 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzU0NTk5OTgxOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, persons with significant control, 00901282: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, company overview and previous names of Vita (Group) Unlimited, 00871669: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00871669 (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, written special resolution and certificate on change of name, 1 Oct 2008: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MjAxNDUxOTIwOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, filing history entry 88(2) filed 15 Jul 2009 (index description only): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history (retrieved 2026-10-15)
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| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITA (GROUP) UNLIMITED | 100% | Companies House |
Officers
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Directors and officers of BALL & YOUNG LIMITED
The Companies House officer register for BALL & YOUNG LIMITED lists 41 appointments, 4 current and 37 resigned. Two people each hold two separate past directorships, so the 41 appointments belong to 39 people or entities. The current officers are three directors and one corporate secretary. Alan William Blythe and Linda Meade were both appointed directors on 1 October 2025, the same day another director’s appointment ended. Matthias Paul Marie Mialhe was appointed a director on 28 April 2026. The register records the nationality of all three directors: Mr Blythe and Ms Meade are British and Mr Mialhe is French. Their recorded places of residence are the United Kingdom, England and Luxembourg respectively. The 2025 accounts, approved on 3 September 2026, list the same three directors.
The company secretary is a corporate officer, Vita Industrial (UK) Limited, a UK limited company registered under number 01031815. It was appointed on 1 December 2005, when the previous individual secretary’s appointment ended. The board has changed often: eleven director appointments have ended since July 2022.
Recent officer changes
- 28 April 2026: Matthias Paul Marie Mialhe appointed director (form AP01, filed 11 May 2026).
- 29 April 2026: Peter David Ward’s appointment as director ended (form TM01, filed 29 April 2026). He had been appointed on 26 April 2024.
- 19 December 2025: Rachel Helena Smith’s appointment as director ended (form TM01, filed 19 December 2025). She had been appointed on 1 July 2024.
Data availability
Full. Companies House publishes current and former appointments with dates, nationality, place of residence and a correspondence address. The address shown for all current officers is the registered office, which is a service address, not a home address. Three early appointments (two directors and one secretary) have no appointment date on the register. Only 5 stored officer rows are shown on this page against the provider’s stated total of 49, which itself does not match the register’s 41. One current director, Linda Meade, appears twice in the stored rows.
Sources
- Companies House, officers of 00901282 (pages 1 and 2): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/officers (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, filing history of 00901282 (AP01 filed 11 May 2026; TM01 filed 29 Apr 2026; TM01 filed 19 Dec 2025; AP01 and TM01 filed 1 Oct 2025): https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, annual report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025, filed 21 Sep 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzU0NTk5OTgxOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
Group Structure
Group structure of BALL & YOUNG LIMITED
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED belongs to the Vita foam group. Its immediate parent company is Vita (Group) Unlimited (00871669), which holds all 12,500,000 issued shares. Above that, Vita (Holdings) Limited (05396870) heads the smallest group that consolidates the company. Its 2025 consolidated accounts list Ball & Young Limited as a 100%-owned indirect subsidiary. Vita (Holdings) Limited also gave the section 479C parent guarantee that let the company use the audit exemption for 2025. Vita (Holdings) Limited is in turn controlled by Vita (Lux III) S.à r.l. of Luxembourg (R.C.S. B 107582). Note 18 of the company’s 2025 accounts names two further parents. Vita Global Finco Limited, of St Helier, Jersey, heads the largest consolidating group. Vita Global Holdings Limited is named as the ultimate parent company. Funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, LLC are named as the ultimate controlling party.
The company has no subsidiaries: its 2025 balance sheet carries no investments, and the parent’s subsidiary list shows nothing beneath it. For scale, Vita (Holdings) Limited reported consolidated group revenue of €602.4m for 2025 (2024: €638.3m) and a group loss before taxation of €42.7m (2024: €44.0m). The group operated 34 sites in 13 countries. These are group figures, not this company’s.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita (Group) Unlimited | United Kingdom | 00871669 | Immediate parent | 100% of share capital (12,500,000 £1 ordinary shares); PSC band 75% or more of shares and votes | Active | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts); PSC notified 6 Apr 2016 |
| Vita (Holdings) Limited | United Kingdom | 05396870 | Intermediate parent; head of smallest consolidating group; s479C guarantor | 100% (indirect, per its consolidated accounts) | Active | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Vita (Lux III) S.à r.l. | Luxembourg | R.C.S. B 107582 | Intermediate parent (controls Vita (Holdings) Limited) | PSC band 75% or more over Vita (Holdings) Limited; effective interest not disclosed | Active PSC entry | PSC notified 31 Aug 2019 |
| Vita Global Finco Limited | Jersey | Not verified | Head of largest consolidating group | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 18) |
| Vita Global Holdings Limited | Not stated | Not verified | Ultimate parent company | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 18) |
| Strategic Value Partners, LLC or affiliated funds (Strategic Value Special Situations Master Fund III, LP; Strategic Value Opportunities Fund, LP; Strategic Value Special Situations Master Fund IV, LP) | Cayman Islands (partnerships) | Not disclosed | Ultimate controlling party | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 (accounts note 18) |
| Vita Cellular Foams (UK) Limited | United Kingdom | 00621497 | Sister company (same immediate parent, per its PSC register) | Not applicable | Active | PSC notified 6 Apr 2016 |
| Vita Industrial (UK) Limited | United Kingdom | 01031815 | Sister company (same immediate parent, per its PSC register) | Not applicable | Active | PSC notified 6 Apr 2016 |
Recent structural changes
- May 2018: the 2025 accounts of Vita (Holdings) Limited state that investment funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, LLC or its affiliates acquired the group in May 2018.
- 31 August 2019: Vita (Lux III) S.à r.l. was notified as the PSC of Vita (Holdings) Limited. This replaced a statement, made on 17 March 2017, that there was no registrable person or legal entity.
- 1 October 2008: the company changed its name from Vitafoam Limited to Ball & Young Limited. The resolution was signed on behalf of its sole shareholder, then named British Vita Unlimited.
Data availability
Partial. The UK part of the chain, from the company up to Vita (Holdings) Limited, is fully evidenced by filed accounts and PSC registers. The Luxembourg, Jersey and Cayman Islands levels above it are named in the accounts, but their registration numbers (apart from Luxembourg) and their percentages could not be verified. The Jersey registry search returned an identical page for a real query and a nonsense query, so it gave no usable result. The corporate tree shown on this page puts a company called “VITA GLOBAL LIMITED” with number “GB 125700” at the top. No filing reviewed uses that name, and the company’s own accounts name Vita Global Holdings Limited and Vita Global Finco Limited instead.
Sources
- Companies House, Ball & Young Limited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 (note 18), filed 21 Sep 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzU0NTk5OTgxOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, consolidated financial statements of Vita (Holdings) Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025 (strategic report and note 8), filed against 00901282 on 21 Sep 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzU0NTk5OTEyN2FkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, form AA06 statement of guarantee by Vita (Holdings) Limited, filed 21 Sep 2026: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MzU0NTk5NjYxMWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, PSC register of 00901282: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, PSC register of Vita (Group) Unlimited, 00871669: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00871669/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, PSC register of Vita (Holdings) Limited, 05396870: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05396870/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, PSC registers of Vita Cellular Foams (UK) Limited, 00621497, and Vita Industrial (UK) Limited, 01031815: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00621497/persons-with-significant-control and https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01031815/persons-with-significant-control (retrieved 2026-10-15)
- Companies House, written special resolution and certificate on change of name, 1 Oct 2008: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00901282/filing-history/MjAxNDUxOTIwOWFkaXF6a2N4/document (retrieved 2026-10-15)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does BALL & YOUNG LIMITED do?
Ball & Young Limited manufactures rubber and polyurethane underlay for the flooring industry, sold under the Cloud 9 name, according to its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 and its website.
Who owns BALL & YOUNG LIMITED?
The sole shareholder is Vita (Group) Unlimited (00871669), which holds all 12,500,000 ordinary £1 shares, according to the 2025 accounts and the PSC register.
Who is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No natural person is identified as a beneficial owner in the filings. The 2025 accounts name Strategic Value Partners, LLC or its affiliated Cayman Islands fund partnerships as the ultimate controlling party, with no percentages disclosed.
What is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED's company registration number?
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED's registration number is 00901282, filed with Companies House in United Kingdom. Its current status on the register is active.
Is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED still an active company?
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED's status on Companies House is listed as active.
When was BALL & YOUNG LIMITED incorporated?
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED was incorporated on 20 March 1967, according to Companies House.
What is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED's registered address?
The registered address on file for BALL & YOUNG LIMITED is Manchester, United Kingdom.
What legal structure is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED registered as?
BALL & YOUNG LIMITED is registered as a Private limited company (Ltd.) in United Kingdom.
What is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED's revenue?
Company-level turnover for the year ended 31 December 2025 was £30,726,420 (2024: £26,272,690), with operating profit of £5,179,484. Profit before tax of £13,092,772 includes £8,872,331 of interest receivable from group undertakings.
Is BALL & YOUNG LIMITED listed on a stock exchange?
Ball & Young Limited is a private company limited by shares and is not listed on any stock exchange.
Who are the officers/directors of BALL & YOUNG LIMITED?
The register lists three current directors, Alan William Blythe and Linda Meade (both appointed 1 October 2025) and Matthias Paul Marie Mialhe (appointed 28 April 2026), and a corporate secretary, Vita Industrial (UK) Limited.
Does BALL & YOUNG LIMITED have a parent company or subsidiaries?
The immediate parent is Vita (Group) Unlimited and the smallest consolidating parent is Vita (Holdings) Limited. The accounts name Vita Global Holdings Limited as the ultimate parent and Vita Global Finco Limited (Jersey) as head of the largest consolidating group.
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