OPMOBILITY EXTERIOR UK LIMITED
Formerly known as Plastic Omnium Automotive, the company operates as the UK manufacturing arm of the French OPmobility group, producing plastic exterior components for the automotive industry.
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£38M
+4.1% vs 2023
Employees
944
+3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19M
+52.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £232,605,000 | £249,907,000 | +7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £13,225,000 | £18,907,000 | +43% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,189,000 | £18,573,000 | +52.4% | |
| Net profit | £9,336,000 | £14,453,000 | +54.8% | |
| Cash | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,022,000 | £37,515,000 | +4.1% | |
| Net assets | £36,022,000 | £37,515,000 | +4.1% | |
| Equity | £36,022,000 | £37,515,000 | +4.1% | |
| Average employees | 913 | 944 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £33,458,000 | £35,167,000 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,018,000 | £2,066,000 | +2.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.7% | 50.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.9% | 77.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.90x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | 12.77x | 56.61x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-01
- OPMOBILITY EXTERIOR UK LIMITED 2025-07-01 → present
- PLASTIC OMNIUM AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 1997-01-24 → 2025-07-01
- TAXCARD LIMITED 1996-11-08 → 1997-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made appropriate extensive reviews and taking into account the risks and uncertainties facing the company, the directors are of the opinion that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operation as a going concern for the foreseeable future (defined as 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts) and is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 27th March 2024 Plastic Omnium became OPmobility (the Company's name is unchanged at the date of this report).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, Brian | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | — | British |
| CORREA MERCHAN, Francisco Luis | Director | 2026-03-31 | Nov 1970 | Spanish |
| MARIN, Stéphane Jean Francois | Director | 2024-11-27 | Jun 1965 | French |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARRISS, Derek John | Secretary | 1996-11-26 | 1998-04-27 |
| RILEY, Edward John | Secretary | 1998-10-07 | 2003-04-01 |
| THOMAS, Alan Gwyn | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2005-07-01 |
| PRIORLOAD LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-06-26 | 1998-10-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-08 | 1996-11-26 |
| COQUE, Joel | Director | 1997-02-01 | 1999-06-22 |
| DAVENPORT, John Anthony Warwick | Director | 1997-02-01 | 1998-12-18 |
| DAVIS, Adrian James Walker | Director | 1999-07-13 | 2005-08-15 |
| EBNER, Guillaume Robert Georges | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| HEBENSTREIT, Laurent Frederic | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2012-03-05 |
| HEBENSTREIT, Laurent Frederic | Director | 1998-02-10 | 2000-10-31 |
| HUMBERT, Pierre | Director | 1997-02-01 | 1998-02-10 |
| LAPILLONNE, Rodolphe Hubert | Director | 2020-01-10 | 2024-11-27 |
| LE GARREC, Patrick | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2020-05-19 |
| LEMARIE, Paul Henry | Director | 1997-02-01 | 2007-03-21 |
| MARCEAU, Christophe Georges | Director | 2020-05-19 | 2024-04-01 |
| SHOWELL, Derek Roger | Director | 1996-11-26 | 1999-02-04 |
| SZCZERBA, Jean Michel | Director | 2007-03-21 | 2020-01-10 |
| SZULEWICZ, Marc | Director | 2001-01-15 | 2012-01-01 |
| WIROTIUS, Jean Pierre | Director | 1997-02-01 | 2001-01-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-11-08 | 1996-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Laurent Burelle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-10-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.