OBG HOLDING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+17.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£31m
+6.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
176
-3.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.2m
-68.2% vs 2024
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
3-year trend · vs Health Care 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 | £65,869,137 | £61,702,663 | £61,581,009 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,738,685 | £646,756 | -£379,841 | -158.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,442,373 | -£1,284,728 | -£2,160,458 | -68.2% | |
| Net profit | -£10,422,487 | -£1,844,729 | -£2,194,920 | -19% | |
| Cash | £547,636 | £914,360 | £1,072,094 | +17.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,267,083 | £57,639,104 | £59,617,895 | +3.4% | |
| Net assets | £31,195,158 | £29,500,429 | £31,372,646 | +6.3% | |
| Equity | £31,153,913 | £29,500,429 | £31,372,646 | +6.3% | |
| Average employees | 317 | 182 | 176 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £11,691,226 | £7,950,588 | £7,880,500 | -0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £567,114 | £591,598 | £232,055 | -60.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £273,800 | £307,168 | £129,725 | -57.8% |
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 | 2.6% | 1.0% | -0.6% | |
| Net margin | -15.8% | -3.0% | -3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 1.1% | -0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.8% | 62.9% | 61.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.20x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 0.68x | 0.33x | -0.21x |
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
- DSG Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group prepares forecasts which indicate that the group and company will continue to generate cash, over the period considered by them in their assessment of the appropriateness of adopting the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- OBG HOLDING LIMITED · parent
- Ayrton Saunders and Company Ltd 100%
- Ayrton Saunders Limited 100%
- OBG Pharmaceuticals Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, Ayrton Saunders and Company Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the group, has ceased trading following the loss of a key customer. Necessary steps to wind down the company's remaining activities are taking place.”
- “On 1 April 2026, OBG Estates Limited was incorporated and, upon incorporation, subsidiary undertaking, OBG Company Limited, subscribed for the sole ordinary share in issue of OBG Estates Limited for consideration of £1.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, subsidiary undertaking OBG Property Holding Limited, obtained an independent valuation of its freehold properties which indicated a market value of £14,975,000 compared to a carrying value of £16,250,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIDLICK, Philip James | Director | 2016-01-11 | Jun 1976 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Gerald Francis | Director | 2016-01-11 | Jan 1949 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Padraic Marc | Director | 2016-01-11 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROMILEY, Mark | Secretary | 2021-07-02 | 2025-03-07 |
| DIDLICK, Philip | Secretary | 2016-01-11 | 2021-07-02 |
| BROMILEY, Mark | Director | 2021-07-02 | 2025-03-07 |
| OBRIEN, Brigid Christina | Director | 2018-05-04 | 2025-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Brigid Christina Obrien | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-05-02 | Active |
| Mr Gerald Francis Obrien | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-05-02 | Active |
| Mr Padraic Marc O'Brien | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Gerald Francis O'Brien | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-01 |
| Mrs Brigid Christina Obrien | Individual | Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.