OCS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
-31.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2m
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
67
-9.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.3m
+32.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,926,265 | £35,368,100 | £40,414,018 | +14.3% | |
| Operating profit | £3,215,042 | £2,397,557 | £3,275,123 | +36.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,276,909 | £2,503,593 | £3,308,499 | +32.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,506,268 | £1,874,674 | £2,549,438 | +36% | |
| Cash | £5,194,534 | £4,395,099 | £3,024,296 | -31.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,098,640 | £5,987,779 | £6,550,092 | +9.4% | |
| Net assets | £7,816,247 | £5,690,921 | £6,240,359 | +9.7% | |
| Equity | £7,816,247 | £5,690,921 | £6,240,359 | +9.7% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 74 | 67 | -9.5% | |
| Wages | £3,965,947 | £4,645,719 | £4,588,517 | -1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £419,579 | £446,557 | £456,973 | +2.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,000 | £8,000 | £8,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £226,256 | £240,514 | £243,992 | +1.4% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 6.8% | 8.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 5.3% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.7% | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.6% | 47.9% | 52.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.21x | 2.16x | 1.96x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. ... the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company will have adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- OCS WORLDWIDE LIMITED · parent
- Overseas Courier Service (London) Limited 100%
- General Express Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 saw good growth in the number of parcels shipped and significant changes to the import processes and duties of parcels into the USA. This growth has increased revenues and profits for the year.”
- “Significant uncertainty remains with continuing hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East. These have already affected demand and the volatile tariffs being imposed into the USA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Timothy Paul | Secretary | 2008-11-28 | — | British |
| FARR, Lance Denis | Director | 2008-11-28 | Mar 1968 | British |
| JONES, Timothy Paul | Director | 2008-11-28 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, Graham Robertson | Director | 2008-11-11 | 2008-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lance Denis Farr | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Paul Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-05-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-05-25 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-05-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-25 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.