OWLE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
Cash
£190K
+2.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+2.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
55
+3.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£647K
-52.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,259,060 | £10,721,637 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,255,086 | £637,812 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £1,373,313 | £647,101 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £1,065,758 | £538,785 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £185,757 | £189,708 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £4,446,678 | £4,556,880 | |
| Net assets | £262,500 | £262,500 | — | — | £4,368,124 | £4,481,909 | |
| Equity | £262,500 | £262,500 | £262,500 | £1,614,990 | £4,368,124 | £4,481,909 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 55 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,003,749 | £2,146,887 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £364,117 | £333,618 |
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
-4.8%
£11,259,060 £10,721,637
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Cash
+2.1%
£185,757 £189,708
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Net assets
+2.6%
£4,368,124 £4,481,909
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
+3.8%
53 55
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
-49.2%
£1,255,086 £637,812
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Profit before tax
-52.9%
£1,373,313 £647,101
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Wages
+7.1%
£2,003,749 £2,146,887
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 11.1% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 9.5% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 28.2% | 14.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.69x | 3.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 280.09x | 90.24x |
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
- Robert Smith BSc FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of RNS Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- OWLE LIMITED · parent
- Douglas C. Adams & Company Limited 100%
- Hydrastore Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group experienced a 4.8% decline in turnover during the period, which was anticipated due to the downturn in the Irish construction industry.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Allan Stuart | Director | 2022-04-26 | Dec 1944 | British |
| LEE, Julian Stuart | Director | 2014-12-11 | Mar 1970 | British |
| LILBURN, Nicholas Thomas | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| MCNULTY, Brian | Director | 2022-04-26 | Mar 1951 | British |
| OWEN, Stephen James | Director | 2014-12-11 | May 1964 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODDINOTT, Julie Alexandra | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2025-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brian Mcnulty | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-04-26 | Active |
| Mr Allan Stuart Lee | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-04-26 | Active |
| Mr Julian Stuart Lee | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-26 |
| Mr Stephen James Owen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-05-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type micro entity | |
| 2023-07-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-05-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-29 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.