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OVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Operating as an indirect subsidiary of the employee-owned Arup Group Limited, the company provides multinational engineering, design, architecture, and planning consultancy services.

#00952468 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1969-04-18 (57y 6m) · Last filing 2026-03-31 (7mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 71122 · M Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2026-12-31 (in 2 months) · Confirmation due 2027-08-15 (in 10 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£15m

-64.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£321m

+14.5% vs 2024

Employees

6,615

-5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£54m

+25.9% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £988,100,000£975,500,000 -1.3%
Operating profit £52,000,000£62,900,000 +21%
Profit before tax £42,900,000£54,000,000 +25.9%
Net profit £36,800,000£36,400,000 -1.1%
Cash £41,300,000£14,800,000 -64.2%
Total assets less current liabilities £698,100,000£720,100,000 +3.2%
Net assets £280,800,000£321,400,000 +14.5%
Equity £280,800,000£321,400,000 +14.5%
Average employees 6,9626,615 -5%
Wages £377,400,000£360,700,000 -4.4%
Directors' remuneration £2,700,000£3,000,000 +11.1%
Directors' pension contributions £100,000£100,000 0%
Highest paid director £600,000£500,000 -16.7%

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 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 5.3%6.4%
Net margin 3.7%3.7%
Return on capital employed 7.4%8.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 68.7%66.4%
Current ratio 2.52x2.48x
Interest cover 3.40x3.70x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Management of Arup Group performed analysis on future projections and is satisfied that resources remain sufficient over the forecasting period.”

Group structure

  1. OVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
    1. Arup Associates Limited · England and Wales · Dormant company
    2. Oasys Limited · England and Wales · Agent
    3. Ove Arup & Partners Limited · England and Wales · Design and consulting engineering services, in architecture and other related professional skills
    4. Ove Arup & Partners Scotland Limited · Scotland · Design and consulting engineering services, in architecture and other related professional skills
    5. Redcliffe Wharf Limited · England and Wales · Property holdings

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 183 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ELLERD-STYLES, Jenny Kristina Matilda Secretary 2022-11-02 — —
BURNS, Jacqueline Denise Director 2025-07-11 Dec 1974 British
HARRISON, Andrew Peter Director 2022-04-01 Jun 1966 British
HUNTER, Alistair Edward Director 2025-11-16 Aug 1974 British
LOMBARD, Richard Norman Director 2025-07-11 May 1972 British
ROWELLE, Joanna Julie Director 2025-07-11 Oct 1979 British
WALSH, Paula Director 2024-04-01 Dec 1966 British
WILCOCK, Thomas Robert Director 2025-07-11 Jan 1984 British
Show 183 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
PARKER, Sara Louise Secretary 1993-03-31 1993-11-26
SHAKESPEARE, Vanessa Jane Secretary 2015-11-02 2022-07-01
SOMERS, Michael John Secretary — 2007-03-31
TWEEDIE, Matthew Stuart Secretary 2007-04-01 2015-11-01
AHM, Povl Borge Director — 1992-03-31
AMBROSE, Christopher Edward Director — 2000-10-01
ATAOGLU, Ahmet Hamdi, Dr Director — 2002-01-01
AYRES, Peter Geoffrey Director — 2002-01-31
BADGER, David William Director 1994-10-01 2002-01-01
BALMOND, Cecil Hugh Ignatius Director — 2009-03-31
BARKER, Charles Thomas Director — 1998-07-06
BASTER, Jennifer Director 2010-05-01 2013-03-31
BAXTER, Brian Thomas Director — 1992-11-13
BEEVER, Paula Frances Director 1994-10-01 1996-02-23
BELFIELD, Alan James, Dr Director 1996-10-01 2019-03-31
BERRY, John Sydney Albert Director — 2002-01-01
BIDGOOD, Mark Philip Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
BOARDMAN, Robert Philip Director 2020-05-11 2025-06-26
BOSTOCK, Richard Mark Director 1992-05-22 2002-01-01
BRAITHWAITE, Peter Alan Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
BRIDGES, Harry William Calhoun Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
BROWN, Michael George Director — 1997-03-31
BRZESKI, Stanislaw Stephen Director 1997-10-01 2000-10-31
BUDD, Peter James Director 1992-01-27 2002-01-01
BURROWS, Stephen Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
CAMPBELL, Brian Robert Director — 1994-05-31
CARE, Robert Frank, Dr Director 2011-02-03 2014-03-31
CARFRAE, Tristram George Allen Director 2011-02-03 2014-03-31
CHAN, Andrew Ka Ching, Dr Director 2009-04-01 2014-03-31
CHAN, Andrew Ka Ching, Dr Director — 2002-01-31
CHAPMAN, Deirdre Mary Director 2015-11-01 2016-05-18
COWAP, Roy Joseph Director — 2002-01-01
CROFT, David Downton Director — 1995-03-24
DAVIES, John Andrew George Director — 2002-01-01
DAY, Margot Annabel Director 2023-02-10 2025-06-26
DILLEY, Philip Graham, Sir Director 2004-04-01 2014-06-01
DILLEY, Philip Graham Director 1993-04-01 2002-01-01
DIX, Terence Raymond Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
DORR, Alois Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
DUNK, Michael Eric Director 1994-04-01 1997-05-31
EDWARDS, Richard Murray Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
ELDER, Alastair John Director 1998-01-01 2001-11-19
ELLIS, Barrie Richard Director — 2001-10-01
EMMERSON, Robert Frank Director — 2002-01-31
EVANS, Justin James Bamford Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
FACER, Mark James Director — 2002-01-01
FALBE-HANSEN, Klaus Director 1994-04-01 2002-01-01
FITZPATRICK, Anthony James Director — 2002-01-31
FOSTER, Alan John Director — 1995-11-27
FRASER, Alexander Fernie Director — 1997-12-31
FROST, Jerome Anthony Director 2015-11-01 2024-03-31
GARDNER, Ian Richard Director 1993-04-01 2002-01-01
GLOVER, David William Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
GLOVER, Michael John, Dr Director — 2002-01-01
GOOD, Graham Edward Director 1994-10-01 2002-01-01
GORDON, David Leslie Director — 1992-09-22
GROAK, Stephen John Director 1996-10-01 1998-06-03
GROSE, William Jeffrey Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
GUTHERIE, Alistair Director 1994-10-01 2002-01-01
HADDON, John James Director 1992-05-22 2002-01-01
HALL, Andrew James Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
HAMPSON, James Hugh Richmond Director — 2002-01-01
HANCOCK, Simon Scott Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
HARRIS, Colin Terence Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
HARRIS, Robert William Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
HARROLD, Martyn Victor Director 1993-04-01 2002-01-01
HARVEY, John Douglas Director — 2004-06-24
HARYOTT, Richard Baskcomb Director — 2002-01-31
HENDERSON, Gordon Thomas Director — 2002-01-01
HIGTON, Nicholas Noel Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
HILL, Terence Malcolm Director 1999-01-04 2013-06-11
HILL, Terence Malcolm Director 1992-05-22 1996-06-30
HIRST, John Gerard Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
HODKINSON, Gregory Scott Director 2012-06-01 2014-03-31
HODKINSON, Gregory Scott Director 1992-01-27 2002-01-01
HOUGH, Richard Director — 1996-03-03
HUGHES, Alan Osborne Director — 1995-06-30
HUGHES, Andrew Kinnon, Dr Director 1998-01-01 2001-11-19
HUMPHREYS, Edward Matthew Harvey Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
HUNT, Geoffrey Nevil Director 2016-06-01 2025-06-26
HUSSAIN, Naeemullah Director 1993-04-01 2002-01-01
IRWIN, Frederick George Ernest Director — 1996-03-31
JEFCOAT, Alan Director 1997-10-01 1999-11-22
JOFEH, Christopher Guy Heaton Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
JOHNSON, James Guy Andrew Director 2021-05-06 2025-05-12
JOHNSON, Paul Edward, Dr Director 1994-10-01 2002-01-01
JOHNSTON, David Terry Director — 2001-10-01
JOHNSTONE, Patricia Marion Director 2015-11-01 2025-06-26
JONES, Anthony John Director 1994-10-01 2002-01-01
KAYE, David Charles Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
KAYE, Michael Graham Director 1995-07-01 2002-01-01
KEBLE-WHITE, Arthur James Director — 1991-12-31
KENNEDY, Joanna Alicia Gore Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
LAW, Keith Edward Director — 1994-03-31
LAWRENCE, Christopher Mark Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
LEE, Philip Michael Director — 1993-06-16
LEWIS, Michael Robin Director — 1992-04-01
LOADER, Francis John Director — 2002-01-01
LORD, John Andrew, Dr Director — 2002-01-01
LOVELL, Anthony Frederick Director 2018-11-13 2026-03-31
LOVELL, Louis John Director — 2009-11-30
LOW, Angus Mccaskill Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
LOWES, Dvid John Director — 1994-06-30
LUKE, Steven John Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
LUSH, David Michael Director 1993-04-01 1994-07-31
LYALL, Iain George Director — 2002-01-01
MANNING, Christopher James Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
MANNING, Martin William Director — 2002-01-01
MARCETTEAU, Alain Robert Michel Director — 2016-09-30
MARRIOTT, Anthony John Director 1993-04-01 2000-11-28
MARTIN, John Neville Director — 1995-03-31
MARZEC, Ryszard Director 1997-04-01 1999-11-16
MCCURDY, Thomas John Director 1992-05-22 2000-04-28
MICHAEL, Duncan, Dr Director — 2002-01-01
MILBURN, Roger Paul Director 1994-10-01 2002-01-01
MILES, John Charles Director 2004-04-01 2012-01-01
MILES, John Charles Director — 2002-01-31
MISSON, Paul Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
MITCHELL, Dervilla Mary Director 2017-04-01 2021-03-31
MUDD, Ian Gordon Director — 1995-03-31
MURRAY, Simon Anthony Director — 1994-10-31
NEDIN, Phillip Anthony Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
NICHOLSON, Duncan Percival Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
NISSEN, Jorgen Director — 2000-05-25
NOBLE, Neil Ian Robert Director 1995-10-01 1997-08-01
NUTTALL, Paul Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
O'BRIEN, Turlogh Patrick Director 1992-05-22 2002-01-31
O'RIORDAN, Nicholas John, Dr Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
OLLEY, Julian Anthony James Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
PAUL, Allen Macdonald Director 1993-04-01 2002-01-01
PERRY, Alf Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
PHILLIPS, Donald Director 1998-01-27 2002-01-01
PILKINGTON, John Director — 1995-01-13
QUICK, Nigel John Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
RAWNSLEY, Terence John Director 1996-04-01 2002-01-01
READER, Richard Anthony Director 1998-01-01 2002-01-01
RICE, Peter Ronan Director — 1992-10-25
ROBERTS, Christopher John Byrne Director — 2002-01-01
ROBSON, Timothy John Director — 2002-02-01
SAMAIN, Peter Martin Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
SARGENT, Michael David Peter Director — 2002-01-31
SEAGO, Keith Leonard Director — 2002-01-01
SEDGWICK, Andrew Lance Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
SENIOR, John Brian Director 1998-01-01 2002-01-01
SHEARS, Michael Director — 2004-03-31
SHEMIE, Sami Naim Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
SHIELDS, Roy Director — 2002-01-01
SIMPSON, Brian, Dr Director — 2002-01-01
SIMPSON, Malcolm James Director — 2002-01-01
SINGLETON, David John Director 2006-04-01 2010-07-31
SNOWBALL, David John Snowball Director 1993-11-01 1995-07-31
SOUTHWOOD, William Alan Director — 2002-01-01
STEVENS, Anthony Director — 1992-11-27
STEVENS, David Warren Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
STEWART, Colin Ivor Director 1992-05-22 2002-01-01
STROUD, Martyn Arthur, Dr Director — 2002-01-31
STURT, Richard Michael Villiers Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
SWAIN, Corine Joy Director 1994-10-01 1999-07-23
TAFFS, David Henry Director 1992-05-22 2002-01-01
TAYLOR, Eric Henry Frank Director — 1997-03-31
TAYLOR, Michael John Director — 2001-10-01
TERRY, Richard John Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
THOMPSON, Nigel Cooper, Sir Director — 1998-06-18
THORNTON, John Adam Director — 2002-01-01
THURLOW, Richard James Director 1993-04-01 2002-01-01
TREHARNE, Gabe Director — 2002-01-01
TURZYNSKI, John Gregory Director 2009-04-01 2018-11-16
TURZYNSKI, John Gregory Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
TWEEDIE, Matthew Stuart Director 2017-01-01 2019-08-30
VEITCH, Brian Robert Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
WAINWRIGHT, Faith Helen Director 1998-10-01 2002-01-01
WALKER, Lorna Stuart, Prof Director 1995-10-01 2002-01-01
WALLACE, Julian Clough Director 1992-05-22 2001-10-01
WHITEHOUSE, Paul Director 1997-10-01 2002-01-01
WHITFIELD, Alan Director 1995-10-01 1997-11-30
WHITTLETON, David Arthur Director — 2017-03-31
WILKINSON, Andrew Martin Director 1996-10-01 2001-10-01
WILKINSON, Duncan James Director 1999-04-01 2002-01-01
WILLFORD, Michael Robert Director 1997-04-01 2002-01-01
WILLIAMS, Graham John Director 1996-10-01 2002-01-01
WILLIS, Jeffrey Director 1995-07-24 2001-10-01
WILLIS, Jeffrey Director 1993-04-01 1995-04-30
WISE, Christopher Mark Director 1992-05-22 1999-06-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Arup Group Limited Corporate entity Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-07-31
Ove Arup Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 553 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-11-19 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-07-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-24 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-02-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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