OCU SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-02 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
+391.7% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£91M
+29.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
339
+18.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£28M
-8% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £72,205,520 | £99,782,183 | £209,708,000 | £233,030,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £6,664,417 | £14,012,412 | £30,489,000 | £28,134,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £6,673,469 | £14,040,323 | £30,261,000 | £27,836,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £5,541,012 | £11,368,184 | £22,500,000 | £20,651,000 | |
| Cash | — | £11,562,869 | £20,205,288 | £4,492,000 | £22,085,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £19,765,227 | £31,185,135 | £75,640,000 | £90,717,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £19,452,160 | £30,820,344 | £70,066,000 | £90,717,000 | |
| Equity | £24,874,101 | £19,452,160 | £30,820,344 | £70,066,000 | £90,717,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 151 | 201 | 286 | 339 | |
| Wages | — | £7,012,812 | £10,012,471 | £14,970,000 | £17,498,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £839,343 | £838,333 | £874,000 | £557,000 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+11.1%
£209,708,000 £233,030,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+391.7%
£4,492,000 £22,085,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+29.5%
£70,066,000 £90,717,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+18.5%
286 339
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-7.7%
£30,489,000 £28,134,000
-
Profit before tax
-8%
£30,261,000 £27,836,000
-
Wages
+16.9%
£14,970,000 £17,498,000
highest in 4 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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.2% | 14.0% | 14.5% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.7% | 11.4% | 10.7% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 33.7% | 44.9% | 40.3% | 31.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.82x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2427.84x | — | 96.48x | 79.03x |
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
- OCU SERVICES LIMITED 2023-01-04 → present
- INSTALCOM LIMITED 1997-09-15 → 2023-01-04
- INSTALCOM (ENFIELD) LIMITED 1997-08-19 → 1997-09-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has made operating profits and has generated cash from operations during the year ended 30 April 2025, and has continued to generate robust operating profits in the period to the approval of these financial statements. The Directors have assessed the principal risks facing the Group along with forecasts covering the period to April 2027 and determined that there are no material uncertainties to disclose.”
Group structure
- OCU SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Integrum Power Engineering Limited 100%
- OCU Hornbill Group Limited 100%
- OCU Modus Limited 100%
- OCU Nettworx Limited 100%
- OCU Opals Limited 100%
- OCU Opals Services Limited 100%
- OCU Power Grid Plant Limited 100%
- OCU Academy Limited 100%
- OCU Hornbill Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover increased by £23.3m (11.1%) through organic growth, while gross profit decreased by 3.4 percentage points to 14.3% (2024: 17.7%) due to inflationary market pressure and new sectors. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by £2.5m (8.0%) in line with gross profit decrease.”
- “The Company continues to grow organically, assisting existing and new customers in the utilities sector, and is anticipating further acquisitions to extend capacity, expertise, and market reach.”
- “On 7 November 2024, the Group completed a refinancing process, replacing previous borrowing facilities with term loans, a delayed draw term facility, a revolving credit facility, and a guarantee facility.”
- “On 7 July 2025, the Group increased the sterling term loan by £17.8m and the delayed draw term loan facility by £6.7m, with a reduction in interest rates of 50 basis points on term loans.”
- “On 2 October 2025, the guarantee facility was increased by £39.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNWELL, Michael | Secretary | 2023-06-01 | — | — |
| ALDERTON, Paul Martin | Director | 2019-06-01 | May 1967 | British |
| CORRIE, Christopher Frederick George | Director | 2024-01-15 | Apr 1984 | British |
| HUGHES, Michael Blake | Director | 2022-08-04 | Nov 1968 | British |
| O'HARA, Andrew Neil | Director | 2025-02-03 | Mar 1966 | British |
| SNOWBALL, David Matthew | Director | 2022-10-06 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOULD, Maurice | Secretary | 1997-08-19 | 2002-04-26 |
| O'CONNOR, Timothy Gerard | Secretary | 2002-04-26 | 2022-08-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-19 | 1997-08-19 |
| BOWLER, Vince Stephen | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| DIX, Daniel James | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2025-11-28 |
| DIX, Daniel James | Director | 1997-08-19 | 2002-04-26 |
| GOULD, Maurice | Director | 1997-08-19 | 2002-04-26 |
| HACKETT, Seamus Patrick | Director | 1997-08-19 | 2002-04-26 |
| MCVEIGH, John | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2022-08-04 |
| O'CONNOR, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2003-04-26 | 2022-08-04 |
| O'CONNOR, Timothy Gerard | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2022-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocu Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.