OCU MODUS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+20.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+11.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
32
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£887K
-66.5% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,556,404 | — | — | £16,341,943 | £15,050,729 | |
| Operating profit | — | £268,522 | — | — | £2,650,415 | £883,447 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £277,379 | — | — | £2,649,357 | £886,952 | |
| Net profit | — | £216,216 | — | — | £1,982,579 | £583,596 | |
| Cash | — | £2,635,636 | £2,277,670 | £1,067,576 | £1,062,717 | £1,281,145 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,640,919 | £3,135,840 | £2,496,098 | £6,285,218 | £5,475,910 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,752,898 | £1,040,146 | £1,016,264 | £4,892,314 | £5,475,910 | |
| Equity | £1,536,682 | £1,752,898 | £1,040,146 | £1,016,264 | £4,892,314 | £5,475,910 | |
| Average employees | — | 31 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 32 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,476,641 | £2,101,991 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £229,465 | £183,333 |
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
-7.9%
£16,341,943 £15,050,729
-
Cash
+20.6%
£1,062,717 £1,281,145
-
Net assets
+11.9%
£4,892,314 £5,475,910
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-5.9%
34 32
-
Operating profit
-66.7%
£2,650,415 £883,447
-
Profit before tax
-66.5%
£2,649,357 £886,952
-
Wages
-15.1%
£2,476,641 £2,101,991
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.8% | — | — | 16.2% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.3% | — | — | 12.1% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.4% | — | — | 42.2% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.56x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2132.27x | — |
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
- OCU MODUS LIMITED 2023-04-14 → present
- MODUS UTILITIES LTD 2011-11-29 → 2023-04-14
- HOLLERAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LTD 2009-12-14 → 2011-11-29
- DVS PIPELINES LIMITED 2002-05-30 → 2009-12-14
- JBS PIPELINES LIMITED 2002-05-22 → 2002-05-30
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 financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is a member of the OCU consolidated group (the "Group") whose intermediate parent entity is Oat Topco Limited. The Company is under common management of the Group and benefits from Group support when needed. 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 MODUS LIMITED · parent
- OCU Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 7 November 2024, the Group successfully completed a refinancing process, replacing its previous borrowing facilities with term loans of £200m and €530m, a delayed draw term facility of £75m, a revolving credit facility of £150m and a guarantee facility of £80m. On 7 July 2025, the Group increased the sterling term loan by £17.8m and the delayed draw term loan facility by £6.7m along with a reduction in interest rates on the term loans of 50 basis points. 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
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNWELL, Michael | Secretary | 2023-03-29 | — | — |
| HUGHES, Michael Blake | Director | 2023-03-29 | Nov 1968 | British |
| O'HARA, Andrew Neil | Director | 2025-02-03 | Mar 1966 | British |
| SNOWBALL, David Matthew | Director | 2023-03-29 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARFORA, Carmelina | Secretary | 2008-02-04 | 2010-01-18 |
| CAROLAN, Julie | Secretary | 2005-05-01 | 2006-04-11 |
| FOXEN, Derek Anthony | Secretary | 2006-04-11 | 2008-02-04 |
| FRASER, Sherlie Ann | Secretary | 2002-05-22 | 2003-10-10 |
| WOODALL, Christopher Francis | Secretary | 2003-10-13 | 2005-03-31 |
| BOWLER, Vincent Stephen | Director | 2023-06-20 | 2024-11-01 |
| BROWN, Paul Michael | Director | 2009-12-23 | 2023-03-29 |
| CAHILL, John Daniel | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2025-07-03 |
| FRASER, Sherlie Ann | Director | 2002-06-05 | 2003-10-10 |
| HANCOCK, Stephen John | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2004-07-31 |
| HESTIN, Eric Pierre | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2005-03-31 |
| HOPKINS, Geoffrey David | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2012-02-28 |
| NEEN, Peter | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2010-03-24 |
| ROCA LABARRE, Pascal | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2005-03-31 |
| SMITH, Neil Richard | Director | 2005-03-31 | 2008-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocu Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-29 | Active |
| Mr John Michael Holleran | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-11-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.