OVIVO UK LIMITED
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Cash
£737k
+26.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£11m
+34.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
81
+5.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.4m
-880.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,944,500 | £32,533,480 | £25,156,120 | -22.7% | |
| Operating profit | £168,121 | £1,493,121 | -£9,107,541 | -710% | |
| Profit before tax | £20,302 | £1,201,641 | -£9,375,527 | -880.2% | |
| Net profit | £20,302 | £1,201,641 | -£9,375,527 | -880.2% | |
| Cash | £742,362 | £582,237 | £737,107 | +26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,318,212 | £16,222,127 | £13,780,752 | -15% | |
| Net assets | £6,584,535 | £8,264,176 | £11,119,349 | +34.5% | |
| Equity | £6,584,535 | £8,264,176 | £11,119,349 | +34.5% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 77 | 81 | +5.2% | |
| Wages | £4,471,064 | £4,455,598 | £11,225,770 | +151.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £669,933 | £878,253 | £4,058,121 | +362.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £22,465 | £42,424 | £16,335 | -61.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £430,000 | £453,512 | £1,841,120 | +306% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | 4.6% | -36.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 3.7% | -37.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 9.2% | -66.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.0% | 75.1% | 67.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 1.94x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 0.49x | 5.11x | -33.98x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 8 times since incorporation
- OVIVO UK LIMITED 2011-03-29 → present
- EIMCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2005-12-22 → 2011-03-29
- BRACKETT GREEN LIMITED 2000-11-29 → 2005-12-22
- BRACKETT GEIGER LIMITED 1999-12-14 → 2000-11-29
- BRACKETT GREEN LIMITED 1990-12-12 → 1999-12-14
- SUTCLIFFE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED 1990-05-15 → 1990-12-12
- BRACKETT LIMITED 1988-12-05 → 1990-05-15
- HAWKER SIDDELEY BRACKETT LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1988-12-05
- F.W.BRACKETT & CO.,LIMITED 1909-08-20 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this analysis, the directors consider the forecast to be achievable and believe the available headroom is sufficient for the company to meet its obligations as they fall due. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEELAS, Ian Michael | Director | 2021-08-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| MATTHEWS, John | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1985 | English |
| TAILLON, Charles | Director | 2026-04-01 | Aug 1982 | Canadian |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYAN, Frederick James | Secretary | 2003-04-25 | 2003-10-01 |
| HALL, Stephen John | Secretary | 2003-10-01 | 2005-11-07 |
| HELEY, Stuart Alan | Secretary | 2005-11-07 | 2005-11-18 |
| HODDER, Mark Thomas | Secretary | 2005-11-18 | 2010-11-15 |
| JONES, Graham Becket | Secretary | — | 2003-02-19 |
| KLEES, Gwen | Secretary | 2006-05-24 | 2026-02-15 |
| LOMAX, Nigel Johnston | Secretary | 2003-02-19 | 2003-04-25 |
| BARBEAU, Marc | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2026-04-01 |
| BLAKE, Peter Ross | Director | — | 1997-11-28 |
| BOURGE, Pierre Andre Charles | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-12-07 |
| BRYAN, Frederick James | Director | — | 2005-11-07 |
| BURLEIGH, Christopher Garvin | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2017-01-12 |
| CALLAGHAN, Andrew Mark | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-06-22 |
| CAOUETTE, Yves | Director | 2017-02-13 | 2020-03-31 |
| CASIER, Philippe | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2005-11-07 |
| CELIER, Nicholas Humbert | Director | 2000-12-07 | 2003-01-06 |
| DARDENNE, Frederic | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2005-11-07 |
| HEELAS, Ian Michael | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2019-03-16 |
| HELEY, Stuart Alan | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2005-11-18 |
| HODDER, Mark Thomas | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2026-02-15 |
| HODDER, Mark Thomas | Director | 2007-06-18 | 2010-11-15 |
| HODDER, Mark Thomas | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2006-11-29 |
| HORROCKS, Lee Craige | Director | 2010-11-15 | 2011-02-07 |
| JACQMIN, Christian Jean | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| JONES, Graham Becket | Director | — | 2003-02-19 |
| KLEES, Gwen | Director | 2010-11-15 | 2013-04-15 |
| LAWES, Graham Stuart | Director | 2005-11-18 | 2007-12-13 |
| LLOYD, Robert Alexander | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2015-02-27 |
| LOMAX, Nigel Johnston | Director | 2003-02-19 | 2003-04-25 |
| MATHONET, Georges | Director | 2003-01-06 | 2005-03-30 |
| MCKELVIE, Colin John | Director | 2007-12-18 | 2008-02-26 |
| MCLAUGHLAN, James | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2005-11-07 |
| OLEFFE, Etienne Emile Madeleine Ghislain | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2005-11-07 |
| PLANT, Christopher James | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2018-03-09 |
| REYMANN, Jacques Andre | Director | — | 2000-12-07 |
| REYNOLDS, Christopher John | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2014-03-14 |
| RICHARDS, Ian David | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2013-10-24 |
| ROWLES, Peter Frederick | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2005-11-07 |
| SARGENT, Peter Alan | Director | 2014-01-09 | 2015-02-27 |
| SMITH, Brian Lawrence | Director | — | 2001-04-06 |
| VERREAULT, Richard | Director | 2005-11-18 | 2009-04-27 |
| WEBB, Jacqueline Margaret | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2026-04-01 |
| WHITE, Kevin Robert | Director | 2010-11-15 | 2012-10-12 |
| WILLIS, Angus | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2013-07-12 |
| WILSON, Nigel Edward | Director | 2007-06-18 | 2010-11-15 |
| WOODRUFF, David Brian | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2007-08-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovivo Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 276 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.