OPUS TRUST MARKETING LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
475
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.8m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £126,466,000 | £106,637,000 | £143,959,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £5,616,000 | £10,142,000 | £8,677,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,817,000 | £9,984,000 | £8,767,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,139,000 | £13,116,000 | £8,331,000 | — | |
| Cash | £3,440,000 | £3,674,000 | £10,492,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,119,000 | — | £22,888,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £8,315,000 | £20,395,000 | £22,350,000 | — | |
| Equity | £8,315,000 | £20,395,000 | £22,350,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 447 | 464 | 475 | — | |
| Wages | £19,445,000 | £15,018,000 | £21,146,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,202,000 | £564,000 | £1,533,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £75,000 | £109,000 | £133,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £314,000 | £650,000 | £502,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 9 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 9.5% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 12.3% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 50.5% | — | 37.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.6% | 46.3% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 1.52x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | 6.22x | 64.19x | 96.41x |
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
- OPUS TRUST MARKETING LIMITED 2001-11-09 → present
- OPUS DIRECT MARKETING LIMITED 2000-05-12 → 2001-11-09
- SHELFCO (NO.1739) LIMITED 1999-08-20 → 2000-05-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- OPUS TRUST MARKETING LIMITED · parent
- Document Outsourcing Group Limited 100%
- Document Centric Solutions Ltd 100%
- Critiqom Limited 100%
- Primepost Limited 100%
- Document Outsourcing Limited 100%
- Adare Sec Limited 100%
- Adare SEC (Nottingham) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “This was the first full year of trading for Opus Trust Marketing Ltd. following the sale of the group to Mail Metrics which completed on 23rd December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUGHANI, Mitul Jay | Secretary | 2025-03-20 | — | — |
| DICKSON, Christian Alexander Paul | Director | 2022-01-21 | Nov 1968 | British |
| HERD, Andrew David | Director | 2022-01-21 | Aug 1969 | British |
| KEEGAN, Nicholas | Director | 2024-12-23 | Mar 1988 | Irish |
| SAVAGE, Hayden John | Director | 2019-01-30 | Jan 1968 | British |
| WALSH, Christopher James | Director | 2025-03-20 | Jan 1989 | Irish |
| WOODS, Shane William Joseph | Director | 2024-12-23 | Dec 1976 | Irish |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHYSEN, Samantha Jayne | Secretary | 2014-03-14 | 2024-12-23 |
| LAVERY, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| RANDALL, John David | Secretary | 1999-10-31 | 2002-08-02 |
| E P S SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-08-20 | 1999-10-31 |
| AGAR, Stephen | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2019-12-18 |
| BALL, Craig Dominic | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2017-03-15 |
| BARRATT, Colin Leslie Allen | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2007-10-11 |
| BATH, Evan | Director | 2007-07-09 | 2014-10-14 |
| BOWEN, Ian | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2002-10-31 |
| BROUGH, Paul James | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2018-03-31 |
| BROWN, Roland | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2000-10-31 |
| CLARK, Barry | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| COLES, Michael Nicholas | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2011-11-30 |
| CORDY, Julian Peter | Director | 2003-08-21 | 2003-09-30 |
| DE HAAN, Peter Charles | Director | 1999-10-31 | 2022-03-30 |
| FARMER, Richard | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2021-05-07 |
| GASS, Steven | Director | 2003-08-21 | 2004-11-24 |
| HETEM, Mark | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2018-11-30 |
| HOWELL, Simon Leonard | Director | 2020-08-21 | 2021-09-22 |
| JACKSON, Terence George | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2004-05-19 |
| JERNAS, Marcin | Director | 2024-12-23 | 2025-03-20 |
| JERNAS, Pawel | Director | 2024-12-23 | 2025-03-20 |
| JOHNSON, Simon Christopher | Director | 2013-11-28 | 2024-12-23 |
| LAVERY, Andrew Charles | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| LINDSEY, Andrew Charles | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-12-23 |
| MACAVOY, Anne-Marie | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2018-08-30 |
| PAZOS-ALONSO, Luis Roberto | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2019-01-31 |
| POWELL, Laurence Harold | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2003-02-28 |
| PRASHAD, Kris | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2006-10-31 |
| PRESTWICH, Tom Graham | Director | 2022-01-21 | 2023-03-31 |
| RANDALL, John David | Director | 1999-10-31 | 2002-07-01 |
| ROWAN, Allan | Director | 2022-01-21 | 2022-12-01 |
| RUFFLE, Peter Robert | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2001-11-29 |
| SAMPSON-HUGHES, Christine | Director | 2018-10-09 | 2019-08-02 |
| SANGSTER, Katherine Sheila | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2018-12-06 |
| SCOTT, Linda | Director | 2007-05-09 | 2015-05-14 |
| STRONG, Anthony John | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2025-12-19 |
| TEW, John William | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2024-12-15 |
| VICKERS, Jeremy Philip Hilton | Director | 2012-08-22 | 2013-02-28 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-08-20 | 1999-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opus 107 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.