OB CAPITAL LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
Cash
£746K
-79.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-24.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
50
+1,150% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£5M
-949.5% 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
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,360,794 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£395,803 | -£2,463,392 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£459,205 | -£4,819,232 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£719,852 | -£3,870,279 | |
| Cash | £419,391 | £611,244 | £75,990 | £3,605,476 | £745,720 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,834,075 | £29,595,027 | £41,312,747 | £55,772,610 | £20,451,976 | |
| Net assets | £21,369,916 | £24,409,504 | £24,173,423 | £20,175,009 | £15,276,249 | |
| Equity | £21,369,916 | £24,409,504 | £24,173,423 | £20,175,009 | £15,276,249 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 50 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-79.3%
£3,605,476 £745,720
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Net assets
-24.3%
£20,175,009 £15,276,249
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+1,150%
4 50
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-522.4%
-£395,803 -£2,463,392
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Profit before tax
-949.5%
-£459,205 -£4,819,232
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -104.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -163.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -0.7% | -12.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.35x | 0.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -5.87x | -1.04x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- OB CAPITAL LTD 2014-01-17 → present
- GE REAL ESTATE (INVESTMENT PROPERTIES) LIMITED 2005-06-29 → 2014-01-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the matters above, including the completed refinancing on 21 October 2025, the unconditional Parent support and the updated forecasts, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements and do not consider that a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “OB Capital Ltd is disclosing a significant non-adjusting post balance sheet event that occurred subsequent to the year-end.”
- “Additional loans of £2,400,000 have been received from shareholders.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the shareholder OB Hospitality S.A.R.L. has acquired the remaining shares in the Company from the joint shareholder IM2 Holdings Limited. Upon completion of this transaction, OB Hospitality S.A.R.L. has become the sole shareholder of the Company.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Company executed refinancing agreements on 21 October 2025, replacing the prior OakNorth Bank facility. The new financing comprises a Refinancing Tranche and a dedicated Finance Costs Tranche to fund finance costs during the early trading period. Total commitments amount to £50m (£49m for the refinancing plus £1m of interest shortfall) across a consortium of lenders. Completion of the refinancing resulted in full repayment of the OakNorth indebtedness and cured previous covenant breaches. The new loan is due for repayment in October 2027.”
- “Due to a breach of these loan covenants at year end the bank loan has been reclassified to amounts falling due in one year. Full details of this successful loan refinancing with the consortium of lenders have been disclosed in note 21 Post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUKON, Ivan | Director | 2025-10-23 | Jul 1986 | Italian |
| HACQUARD, Florian Rene Amedee | Director | 2025-03-28 | Mar 1992 | French |
| LOPEZ, Jean-Thomas Patrick | Director | 2025-03-28 | Nov 1967 | French |
| POTTIER, Olen | Director | 2025-10-23 | Nov 1975 | French |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAMBER, Janine Margaret | Secretary | 2006-12-22 | 2007-06-01 |
| BROWN, Grace | Secretary | 2005-06-29 | 2006-12-22 |
| SLOCOMBE, Stephen Roy | Secretary | 2007-06-01 | 2014-01-17 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-06-07 | 2005-06-30 |
| ABRAMSON, Christoffer | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2006-10-17 |
| BOTHA, Stephanie | Director | 2006-10-17 | 2007-03-19 |
| BRADLEY, Michael Neville Charles | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2006-07-24 |
| BURGER, Alec | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2006-09-04 |
| CASEY, Shay Andrew | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2006-01-17 |
| DEL BEATO, Ilaria Jane | Director | 2008-09-08 | 2013-03-08 |
| DEL BEATO, Ilaria Jane | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2007-03-26 |
| GATISS, Ian William | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2014-01-17 |
| HARRIS, Neil Jason | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2009-04-24 |
| JACOBS, Philip | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2006-10-25 |
| JEVNE, Anne | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2006-10-06 |
| MARFLEET, Thomas | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2011-03-11 |
| MASIAS, Liza | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2025-03-27 |
| MONIR, Nicole Frances | Director | 2005-06-07 | 2005-06-28 |
| PALMER, Graham Frederick Boyd | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2013-09-30 |
| PEARSON, William James | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2009-07-16 |
| ROWAN, Michael G | Director | 2006-09-04 | 2008-07-25 |
| SAUL, Christopher Francis Irving | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2005-06-30 |
| SHAMASH, Alex | Director | 2014-01-17 | 2025-10-23 |
| SHAMASH, Lara | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2025-10-23 |
| SLOCOMBE, Stephen Roy | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2014-01-17 |
| STOKER, Louise Jane | Director | 2005-06-07 | 2005-06-28 |
| TAPIES, Jaume | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2025-03-27 |
| URIA FERNANDEZ, Manuel | Director | 2007-03-15 | 2011-07-29 |
| VASILEV, Panayot Kostadinov | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2014-01-17 |
| WALKER, Benjamin Michael | Director | 2009-08-24 | 2014-01-17 |
| WILSON, Emma Louise | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2005-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sophie Goosse Birlenbach | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Mr Marc-Andre Joseph Lefebvre | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Ms Liza Denise Masias Guislain | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
| Mrs Ariane Elisabeth De Rothschild | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-07-01 | Active |
| Alex Shamash | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-05 | Ceased 2025-10-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.