ORMS DESIGNERS + ARCHITECTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+23.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4M
+24.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
112
+20.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+25.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,163,965 | £12,748,088 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £987,785 | £1,277,258 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £767,126 | — | — | £1,126,399 | £1,416,838 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £840,342 | £1,052,835 | |
| Cash | £3,572,700 | £3,844,080 | £3,239,794 | £3,503,100 | £5,964,142 | £7,343,116 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,756,847 | £1,794,284 | £4,124,781 | £4,847,073 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,496,096 | £1,571,035 | £3,027,931 | £3,758,386 | |
| Equity | — | — | £1,496,096 | £1,571,035 | £3,027,931 | £3,758,386 | |
| Average employees | — | 66 | 60 | 59 | 93 | 112 | |
| Wages | — | £2,961,891 | — | — | £5,989,413 | £7,316,269 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £436,528 | — | — | £792,488 | £1,048,242 |
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
+14.2%
£11,163,965 £12,748,088
-
Cash
+23.1%
£5,964,142 £7,343,116
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+24.1%
£3,027,931 £3,758,386
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+20.4%
93 112
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+29.3%
£987,785 £1,277,258
-
Profit before tax
+25.8%
£1,126,399 £1,416,838
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+22.2%
£5,989,413 £7,316,269
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.8% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 7.5% | 8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 23.9% | 26.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.37x | 1.42x |
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
- ORMS DESIGNERS + ARCHITECTS LIMITED 1990-12-19 → present
- ORMS LIMITED 1988-04-26 → 1990-12-19
- PAYSTATE LIMITED 1988-02-10 → 1988-04-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ORMS DESIGNERS + ARCHITECTS LIMITED · parent
- Orms Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the successful appointment of two new directors in 2024, the founder Oliver Richards stepped down as a director from the company at the beginning of April 2025. He has continued in a founder role to provide support to the directors and staff drawing on his forty plus years in the business and industry.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCRAE, John | Secretary | 2011-11-14 | — | — |
| BIRD, Robert | Director | 2024-09-02 | Oct 1972 | British |
| MACLAREN, Miranda | Director | 2024-09-02 | Feb 1982 | British |
| MCCOLL, Colin Robert | Director | 2017-10-20 | Sep 1973 | British |
| MCRAE, John Gary | Director | 2005-07-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Simon | Director | 2022-10-04 | May 1980 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS, Dale Felix | Secretary | — | 2011-11-14 |
| HARRISON, Andrew Wintour | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| HATCHER, Sean Ellison | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| HUSEYIN, Ahmet | Director | 1994-01-04 | 2007-10-31 |
| JENNINGS, Dale Felix | Director | — | 2011-11-14 |
| KEATING, Richard Thomas Harry | Director | 2017-10-20 | 2021-03-31 |
| RICHARDS, Oliver William | Director | — | 2025-04-04 |
| SHIRLEY, Martin John | Director | — | 1994-10-06 |
| WARWICK, Richard Michael | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2017-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orms Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-03-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.