OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+105.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+56.3% vs 2024
Employees
19
+58.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+46.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,798,742 | £16,312,515 | |
| Operating profit | £883,842 | £1,260,649 | |
| Profit before tax | £933,237 | £1,369,435 | |
| Net profit | £699,903 | £1,027,076 | |
| Cash | £2,007,692 | £4,130,981 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,824,412 | £2,851,488 | |
| Equity | £1,824,412 | £2,851,488 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 19 | |
| Wages | £689,852 | £1,066,344 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £272,142 | £100,901 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+18.2%
£13,798,742 £16,312,515
-
Cash
+105.8%
£2,007,692 £4,130,981
-
Net assets
+56.3%
£1,824,412 £2,851,488
-
Employees
+58.3%
12 19
-
Operating profit
+42.6%
£883,842 £1,260,649
-
Profit before tax
+46.7%
£933,237 £1,369,435
-
Wages
+54.6%
£689,852 £1,066,344
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.59x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As of 31 March 2025, the balance sheet reflects a net asset position of £2.9m (2024: £1.8m) and the liquidity of ODSTL remains healthy with a cash balance of £4.1m (2024: £2m). ODSTL has access to overdraft from OCC Group. The directors consider it appropriate for the going concern basis to be adopted.”
Significant events
- “Salix funding granted on 2 separate occasions across 2024 – 2025, allowing the business to specify further carbon reduction measures across ODS premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADENIRAN, Adedolapo | Secretary | 2025-02-03 | — | — |
| CONCANNON, Paul James | Director | 2025-07-30 | Jun 1966 | British |
| HOOK, Thomas Edward | Director | 2022-06-29 | Feb 1979 | British |
| HOWICK, Simon | Director | 2017-12-18 | Feb 1969 | British |
| JONES, Raymond David | Director | 2025-03-20 | May 1980 | British |
| ROBINSON, Catherine Jane | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| TOWNER, James Christopher | Director | 2025-03-20 | Jan 1971 | British |
| URWIN, Christopher John | Director | 2024-10-28 | Sep 1971 | British |
| WALKER, Lucy | Director | 2025-03-20 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANE, Lindsay David | Secretary | 2017-04-10 | 2024-11-28 |
| BATH, Aled Spencer James | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2019-12-13 |
| BOURTON, Graham John | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2017-10-31 |
| BROWN, Justine Maria Parker | Director | 2019-07-26 | 2021-01-13 |
| BUDDE, Gregor | Director | 2022-01-06 | 2024-01-16 |
| CURTIS, David | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2024-04-19 |
| GABRIEL, Stephen | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2022-06-29 |
| LUBBOCK, Jane Susan | Director | 2022-01-06 | 2022-12-12 |
| PRIDHAM, Catherine | Director | 2019-07-26 | 2025-01-31 |
| SADLER, Timothy Paul | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2024-09-14 |
| SCOTT, Anne-Marie | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2025-04-30 |
| SLOMAN, Peter Lionel | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2017-06-01 |
| WHITWELL, Michael | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Ian | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2021-10-15 |
| YATES, Jacqueline Fay | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2018-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford City Council | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-01 | Ceased 2018-04-01 |
| Oxford City Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.