OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
Operating under the Arup brand, the company is an indirect subsidiary of the employee-owned Arup Group Limited, providing design, engineering, and architectural consulting services primarily in the United Kingdom.
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Cash
£1.3M
+11.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£92M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£65M
+3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
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Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £564,310,000 | £559,180,000 | -0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £57,063,000 | £58,575,000 | +2.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £62,730,000 | £64,749,000 | +3.2% | |
| Net profit | £59,368,000 | £62,620,000 | +5.5% | |
| Cash | £1,164,000 | £1,302,000 | +11.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £89,517,000 | £92,227,000 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £89,268,000 | £91,888,000 | +2.9% | |
| Equity | £89,268,000 | £91,888,000 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 63.7% | 63.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.7% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.04x |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED · parent
- Ove Arup & Partners Scotland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The results show a profit for the financial year of £62,620k (2024: £59,368k). The net assets as at 31 March 2025 are £91,888k (2024: £89,268k).”
- “However, in 2025-26, a new Arup Group Board structure was introduced, centralising oversight and aligning UKIMEA risk governance with global standards. This shift reflects a broader trend toward strategic integration and consistency across regions.”
- “Correction of Prior Year Tax Loss Claim: During the financial years ended 31 March 2022-2024, the Company claimed UK corporation tax losses surrendered by fellow group companies, for nil consideration. At the time of surrender, certain of these companies had negative reserves, and the transactions were subsequently identified as constituting unlawful distributions under the Companies Act 2006 in the surrendering companies. To rectify this position, an intercompany loan has been established in the current financial year between the Company and those tax loss surrendering companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 95 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLERD-STYLES, Jenny Kristina Matilda | Secretary | 2022-11-02 | — | — |
| BURNS, Jacqueline Denise | Director | 2025-07-31 | Dec 1974 | British |
| HUNTER, Alistair Edward | Director | 2025-11-16 | Aug 1974 | British |
| SMITH, Austin Matthew | Director | 2025-07-31 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WALSH, Paula | Director | 2024-04-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 95 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| ABI-ZADEH, Davar | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| ALLSOP, Andrew Charles | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| AMBROSE, Christopher Edward | Director | — | 2000-10-01 |
| ANSLEY-YOUNG, Martin James | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| AYRES, Peter Geoffrey | Director | — | 2005-05-10 |
| BADGER, David William | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BAKER, Adrian Charles | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BALMOND, Cecil Hugh Ignatius | Director | — | 2010-03-31 |
| BANKS, Garry Russell | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BARKER, Charles Thomas | Director | — | 1998-07-06 |
| BARTON, Allan George | Director | 2007-01-08 | 2008-07-31 |
| BASTER, Jennifer | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| BEATTIE, David | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| 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 | — | 2005-05-31 |
| BIDGOOD, Mark Philip | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BISSET, Alastair Macdonald | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| BOLTON, Graham Neil | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BOSTOCK, Richard Mark | Director | — | 2004-04-16 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Peter Alan | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2008-06-27 |
| BRAND, Philip Russell | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BRAZIER, John Charles | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BRESSINGTON, Peter | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2007-02-28 |
| BRIDGES, Harry William Calhoun | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BROOMHEAD, Anthony David William | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2011-04-08 |
| BROWN, Michael George | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| BRZESKI, Stanislaw Stephen | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2000-10-31 |
| BUDD, Peter James | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2016-02-29 |
| BULL, Michael, Dr | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BULL, Peter Patrick | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BUNCE, Deborah Rosemary | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BURRIDGE, Colin James | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| BURROWS, Stephen | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BUSCHER, Volker | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Martin Andrew | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| 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 | 2016-12-31 |
| CARRADICE, Ian | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CARROLL, Christopher | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CASEY, Roy John | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2004-08-22 |
| CATHER, Robert | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CHAMLEY, Peter John | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CHAN, Andrew Ka Ching, Dr | Director | — | 2008-07-31 |
| CHANNER, Guy Richard | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Timothy James Patrick | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CHARTERS, David | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2005-05-20 |
| CHIKAHER, Gregoir Moradian | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CLARE, David George | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CLINTON, Colin John | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| CORREIA, Dremond De Oliveira | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-05-31 |
| CORRENZA, Joseph, Dr | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| COWAP, Roy Joseph | Director | — | 2004-07-30 |
| COWELL, James Richard | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2006-11-10 |
| CROFT, David Downton | Director | — | 1995-03-24 |
| CROWE, William Mitchell | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DA SILVA, Joanna | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DALLARD, Patrick Robert Blayney | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DAVIES, Gavin Miles James, Dr | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DILLEY, Philip Graham, Sir | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| DIX, Terence Raymond | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DOBROVOLSKY, Leszek | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| DORR, Alois | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-05-04 |
| EDWARDS, David Christopher | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2004-03-19 |
| EDWARDS, Richard Murray | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| ELDER, Alastair John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-11-19 |
| EMMERSON, Robert Frank | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| EVALL | Director | — | 1993-11-26 |
| EVANS, Justin James Bamford | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| EVANS, Peter Bligh | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| FACER, Mark James | Director | — | 2003-04-30 |
| FALBE-HANSEN, Klaus | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| FIELD, Nicholas John | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| FITZPATRICK, Anthony James | Director | — | 2003-07-26 |
| FLETCHER, Mark | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| FOSTER, Alan John | Director | — | 1995-11-27 |
| FOSTER, Andrew James | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2004-01-30 |
| FOSTER, Nigel Richard John | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2012-06-29 |
| FOX, Adrian Kenneth Martin | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| FRASER, Alexander Fernie | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| FROST, Jerome Anthony | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| GABA, Asim Razaq | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| GAMMONS, Timothy Simon | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| GARDNER, Ian Richard | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| GEESON, Paul | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| GHARBIEH, Said Mohammad | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| GIST, Peter, Dr | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| GLOVER, David William | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2011-07-28 |
| GLOVER, Michael John, Dr | Director | — | 2008-07-31 |
| GOOD, Graham Edward | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Adrian John | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2003-07-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arup Group Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-10 |
| Ove Arup & Partners International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 880 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.