OVERBURY PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£105M
-23.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£176M
+32.7% vs 2024
Employees
1,102
+15.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£132M
+40.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,159,719,000 | £1,626,475,000 | |
| Operating profit | £83,647,000 | £121,931,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £94,218,000 | £132,441,000 | |
| Net profit | £70,504,000 | £100,282,000 | |
| Cash | £137,854,000 | £105,006,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £136,680,000 | £180,257,000 | |
| Net assets | £132,778,000 | £176,202,000 | |
| Equity | £132,778,000 | £176,202,000 | |
| Average employees | 951 | 1,102 | |
| Wages | £111,274,000 | £128,563,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £6,918,000 | £7,041,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+40.2%
£1,159,719,000 £1,626,475,000
-
Cash
-23.8%
£137,854,000 £105,006,000
-
Net assets
+32.7%
£132,778,000 £176,202,000
-
Employees
+15.9%
951 1,102
-
Operating profit
+45.8%
£83,647,000 £121,931,000
-
Profit before tax
+40.6%
£94,218,000 £132,441,000
-
Wages
+15.5%
£111,274,000 £128,563,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 61.2% | 67.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.5% | 72.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.45x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | 268.10x | 334.98x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- OVERBURY PLC 1996-08-06 → present
- OVERBURY GROUP PLC 1990-11-13 → 1996-08-06
- OVERBURY & SONS LIMITED 1965-02-08 → 1990-11-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period ending 2 March 2027. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There were no subsequent events that affected the financial statements of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINNS, Lisa Ann Katherine | Secretary | 2025-06-02 | — | — |
| BOOTH, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2003-07-01 | Sep 1963 | British |
| BRAZIER, Paul | Director | 2007-07-12 | Oct 1962 | British |
| CHAIN, Mark | Director | 2022-12-01 | May 1974 | British |
| EWING, Robert Stuart David | Director | 2020-11-02 | Jan 1984 | British |
| GANGOTRA, Culdip Kelly Kaur | Director | 2024-05-07 | Feb 1970 | British |
| HEATH, Charlie John | Director | 2024-04-18 | May 1989 | British |
| KNIGHT, Peter | Director | 2010-02-24 | Jul 1964 | British |
| MORGAN, John Christopher | Director | 2013-12-31 | Dec 1955 | British |
| VAAL, David Joshua | Director | 2024-03-01 | Aug 1989 | British |
| WATSON, Oliver Bradley | Director | 2021-05-01 | Jun 1987 | British |
| WOOD, Andrew David | Director | 2018-02-02 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTON, William Raymond | Secretary | 1994-11-11 | 2005-06-01 |
| MASON, Helen Mary | Secretary | 2024-06-27 | 2025-04-22 |
| MATTHEWS, Amanda Catherine | Secretary | 2025-04-22 | 2025-06-02 |
| NETTLESHIP, Isobel Mary | Secretary | 2005-02-09 | 2014-05-31 |
| SHERIDAN, Clare | Secretary | 2014-05-31 | 2024-06-27 |
| SLOAN, Alistair Thomas | Secretary | — | 1996-09-11 |
| ADAMS, Keith | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| ADAMS, Keith | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| BAKER, John | Director | 2008-12-17 | 2022-12-01 |
| BANISTER, Robert Henry | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2023-03-29 |
| BARTLETT, Henry Robert | Director | 2007-07-12 | 2010-04-19 |
| BERRY, Stephen John | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1998-05-18 |
| BISHOP, John Michael | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2005-06-01 |
| BOYLE, Andrew | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2024-03-06 |
| BROWN, Anthony James | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2013-11-08 |
| BROWN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2007-07-12 | 2010-11-10 |
| CRUMMETT, Stephen Paul | Director | 2013-02-26 | 2024-05-07 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2013-10-11 |
| GIBBONS, Paul David | Director | 1994-07-11 | 1995-03-24 |
| HENDERSON, David | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-03-06 |
| HOOPER, John Hamilton | Director | — | 1997-01-01 |
| ILLINGWORTH, John Mark | Director | 1994-11-11 | 1995-05-30 |
| JOHNSTON, William Raymond | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2005-06-01 |
| KENNY, Damien Francis | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2013-01-31 |
| LEBRAY, Julian John | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| MARSHALL, Robert Archibald William | Director | 1994-03-20 | 1995-04-04 |
| MOORHOUSE, Barbara Jane | Director | 1997-02-13 | 1998-04-07 |
| MORGAN, John Christopher | Director | — | 2000-12-05 |
| MULLIGAN, David Kevin | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2013-02-25 |
| NEWTON, Paul Desmond George | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| NUGENT, John Brian | Director | 1994-12-28 | 1997-01-01 |
| PATON, Andrew | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2024-03-25 |
| PATON, Andrew | Director | 2008-12-17 | 2010-10-21 |
| ROBERTSON, Janice Lynne | Director | 1995-10-24 | 1996-10-25 |
| SKELDING, Neil | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2020-10-07 |
| SLOAN, Alistair Thomas | Director | — | 1997-02-13 |
| SMITH, Timothy Geoffrey | Director | 2004-01-05 | 2013-12-20 |
| STODDART, Andrew Michael | Director | 1997-05-15 | 2001-02-13 |
| WHITMORE, Paul | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2013-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Sindall Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 264 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.