O'HALLORAN & O'BRIEN LIMITED
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Cash
£41m
-12.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£142m
+6.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
139
-13.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£11m
-14.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £228,709,000 | £285,365,450 | £212,640,066 | -25.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | £10,194,329 | £5,985,267 | -41.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £11,199,000 | £12,924,220 | £11,097,716 | -14.1% | |
| Net profit | — | £10,433,409 | £8,332,955 | -20.1% | |
| Cash | — | £46,804,294 | £40,891,204 | -12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £110,016,000 | £134,116,937 | £142,449,892 | +6.2% | |
| Equity | — | £134,116,937 | £142,449,892 | +6.2% | |
| Average employees | — | 161 | 139 | -13.7% | |
| Wages | — | £16,479,102 | £19,883,978 | +20.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £7,972,516 | £12,112,970 | +51.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £97,024 | £74,804 | -22.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £1,257,475 | £2,759,157 | +119.4% |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.6% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.7% | 3.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 28.2% | 32.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.15x | 2.72x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- O'HALLORAN & O'BRIEN LIMITED 1985-02-20 → present
- O'HALLORAN & O'BRIAN LIMITED 1972-04-11 → 1985-02-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the company can continue to trade successfully and to provide an excellent and reliable service to our customers for the foreseeable future because we have a satisfactory order book from well-established customers, we have a £142.5 million balance sheet with strong liquidity and consistent profits. Thus, we continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN SMITH, Louise Patricia | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | British |
| BONNYMAN, Brian Hector | Director | 2007-04-19 | Aug 1958 | British |
| BURKE, Steve John | Director | 2015-02-18 | Jul 1973 | Irish |
| DONOGHUE, Anthony James | Director | 2020-07-01 | Apr 1971 | Irish |
| DUGGAN, John Kieran | Director | 2019-06-01 | Jun 1975 | Irish |
| HAYES, John Maurice | Director | 2022-06-10 | May 1982 | Irish |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Jason | Director | 2003-02-05 | Jul 1976 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Francis, Mr. | Director | — | Apr 1947 | Irish |
| O'BRIEN SMITH, Louise Patricia | Director | 2022-06-27 | Nov 1979 | British |
| RICHARDS, Stephen John, Mr. | Director | 2015-02-18 | Sep 1972 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLEESON, John Joseph | Secretary | 1994-03-25 | 1996-01-31 |
| HOLLAND, Stephen Derek Anthony | Secretary | 2015-07-14 | 2017-09-01 |
| MCCARTHY, Denis Francis | Secretary | 2000-06-21 | 2015-07-14 |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Francis | Secretary | 1996-01-31 | 1996-04-01 |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Francis | Secretary | — | 1994-03-25 |
| O'MEADHRA, Cian Riobard | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 2000-03-15 |
| SOUTHEY, Colin David | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Brendan Patrick | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2013-02-07 |
| FRANCIS, Martin Walter Alfred | Director | 2010-08-10 | 2021-05-12 |
| GOSLING, Leslie John | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2020-04-30 |
| HITCHCOCK, James | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2024-12-31 |
| HOLLAND, Stephen Derek Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2015-07-14 | 2017-09-01 |
| KILLICK, Graham Ernest | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2013-01-28 |
| LACEY, Thomas Anthony | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2015-02-18 |
| MCCARTHY, Denis Francis | Director | 2003-02-05 | 2015-07-14 |
| O'BRIEN, Maureen Veronica | Director | — | 1996-08-06 |
| O'HALLORAN, John William | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| O'HALLORAN, Pauline Ann | Director | — | 2003-01-01 |
| SOUTHEY, Colin David | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| YONGE, Derek James | Director | — | 1994-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohob Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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