MARKET OPERATOR SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£6.1m
-15.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.5m
-17.6% vs 2025
Employees
96
-2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£291k
-154.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £12,943,585 | £13,433,222 | £13,669,409 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £74,072 | £475,277 | -£425,689 | -189.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £108,642 | £532,142 | -£290,938 | -154.7% | |
| Net profit | £100,000 | £520,000 | -£320,000 | -161.5% | |
| Cash | £9,942,316 | £7,173,077 | £6,068,323 | -15.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,505,995 | £9,265,186 | £9,569,501 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,300,000 | £1,820,000 | £1,500,000 | -17.6% | |
| Equity | £1,300,000 | £1,820,000 | £1,500,000 | -17.6% | |
| Average employees | 83 | 98 | 96 | -2% | |
| Wages | £5,335,249 | £5,858,988 | £6,336,007 | +8.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £518,324 | £482,763 | £564,233 | +16.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,735 | £22,539 | £23,220 | +3% | |
| Highest paid director | £345,346 | £350,764 | £432,234 | +23.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 3.5% | -3.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 3.9% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | 5.1% | -4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.1% | 88.6% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.27x | 1.25x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the Company's funding structure and financial position and consider that the Company has adequate resources to remain in operation for the foreseeable future and have therefore continued to prepare financial statements on a going concern basis for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In December, we saw the final release and closure of the Bilateral Transactions Programme, bringing the complete functionality of the hub into the core business.”
- “The SMRH successfully went live in April 2026, with a number of trading parties already signed up as early adopters.”
- “The fund went live on 13 April 2026 for businesses, retailers, innovators and third parties to access.”
- “A major milestone in 2025/26 was the successful implementation of the reformed Market Performance Framework, which went live on 1 December 2025...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Andrew Robert | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| ADAM, Anita Mary | Director | 2023-09-18 | Jun 1975 | British |
| HEAL, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| KAMARA, Clifford | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
| MCMATH, Sarah Michelle | Director | 2019-06-03 | May 1970 | British |
| NOUSS, Hunada | Director | 2020-11-01 | Jan 1959 | British |
| PENDLE, Neil | Director | 2024-09-18 | Jan 1968 | British |
| POND, Christopher Richard | Director | 2023-09-18 | Sep 1952 | British |
| STELFOX, Paul Anthony | Director | 2022-09-17 | Nov 1980 | British |
| WILKINSON, Mark Jon | Director | 2025-02-27 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, Roland | Secretary | 2018-01-03 | 2019-07-31 |
| STONEMAN, Andrew David | Secretary | 2019-08-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-08-20 | 2018-01-03 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-05-18 | 2015-08-20 |
| BEELS, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2021-07-15 |
| BUCKS, Peter | Director | 2015-07-03 | 2018-03-01 |
| BURKE, Desmond Sean Edward | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2019-06-03 |
| CLEAVE, James David, Mr. | Director | 2018-10-03 | 2020-05-18 |
| DARCH, Lucy Jean | Director | 2020-09-18 | 2023-09-17 |
| DOW, Johanna | Director | 2021-09-18 | 2024-09-17 |
| GILL, Josh | Director | 2018-09-18 | 2021-09-17 |
| GROSS, Lewis | Director | 2020-04-02 | 2020-05-18 |
| HERVOUET, Stève | Director | 2018-10-03 | 2019-12-15 |
| HUGHES, Andrew | Director | 2018-09-18 | 2020-09-17 |
| JEFFS, John Benedict | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2017-06-02 |
| KARAM, Mehran | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2019-09-17 |
| KEOHANE, Jim | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| MAHER, Donnchadh Francis | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2022-09-17 |
| MARSDEN, Philip Bernard, Dr | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| MCROBB, Elizabeth Margaret Miller | Director | 2014-10-23 | 2014-11-12 |
| MOGFORD, Steven Lewis | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2015-07-16 |
| MOORE, Richard Charles | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2018-09-18 |
| MOTTRAM, Heidi | Director | 2016-06-22 | 2017-12-15 |
| MOTTRAM, Heidi | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2015-07-16 |
| NEWBY, Benjamin James | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2019-09-17 |
| OREBI GANN, Simon James, Dr | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| PINDER, John Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2017-04-09 |
| REYNOLDS, John Nigel | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2018-09-18 |
| SCOGGINS, Chris Arthur | Director | 2017-06-02 | 2018-11-14 |
| SIMPSON, Peter John | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2017-09-27 |
| CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-10-23 | 2014-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.