O.C.S. CONSULTING PLC
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Cash
£5.1m
+36.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.8m
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
110
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£837k
+159.5% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,154,486 | £12,148,763 | £14,157,758 | +16.5% | |
| Operating profit | £848,321 | £296,991 | £813,971 | +174.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £889,383 | £322,315 | £836,539 | +159.5% | |
| Net profit | £675,112 | £270,997 | £645,029 | +138% | |
| Cash | £3,493,041 | £3,719,286 | £5,085,952 | +36.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,696,081 | £2,526,076 | £2,860,677 | +13.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,661,840 | £2,491,835 | £2,826,436 | +13.4% | |
| Equity | £2,661,840 | £2,491,835 | £2,826,436 | +13.4% | |
| Average employees | 122 | 115 | 110 | -4.3% | |
| Wages | — | £6,153,894 | £6,438,470 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £400,601 | £280,695 | £374,336 | +33.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,773 | £35,413 | £23,250 | -34.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £261,885 | £209,415 | £273,779 | +30.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 2.4% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.5% | 11.8% | 28.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.7% | 66.0% | 75.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.51x | 1.32x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- O.C.S. CONSULTING PLC 2012-10-29 → present
- O.C.S. CONSULTING LIMITED 2010-04-23 → 2012-10-29
- O.C.S. CONSULTING PLC 1996-09-26 → 2010-04-23
- O.C.S. METHODS PLC 1988-05-13 → 1996-09-26
- ORACLE COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED 1985-03-11 → 1988-05-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cube Partners Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- O.C.S. CONSULTING PLC · parent
- OCS Cash Management Solutions Ltd 100%
- OCS Consulting BV 100%
- OCS Consulting Belgium 100%
- OCS Consulting Switzerland 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORIAU, Yves Andre Romain | Secretary | 2023-07-26 | — | — |
| AROESTI, Maurice | Director | 1996-04-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
| PORIAU, Yves Andre Romain | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1960 | Belgian |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWRENCE, Penelope Hilary | Secretary | — | 2023-07-26 |
| LAWRENCE, Jonathan Blake | Director | 2022-01-03 | 2023-07-26 |
| LAWRENCE, Neil Rodney | Director | — | 1999-04-04 |
| LAWRENCE, Penelope Hilary | Director | — | 2023-07-26 |
| MARTIN, David Ernest | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2000-03-16 |
| STEIN, Keith Peter Sydney | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2002-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.C.S. Consulting (Eot) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-26 | Active |
| Mrs Penelope Hilary Lawrence | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-07-26 |
| Mr Maurice Aroesti | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-07-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-02 | 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
- 0
- 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.