OCEAN HOLDINGS SOUTH WEST LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-22 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-08
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-36.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
219
+14.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£378K
+44.5% vs 2023
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
8-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-01 | 2019-11-30 | 2019-12-01 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | £52,123,205 | £58,323,350 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,092,265 | £1,326,423 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | £261,403 | £377,684 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £0 | — | £152,033 | £226,161 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | — | £2,137,738 | £1,354,935 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £100 | — | £100 | £100 | — | £36,487,814 | £36,790,591 | |
| Net assets | — | £100 | — | £100 | £100 | — | £25,960,766 | £26,072,509 | |
| Equity | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 | -£40,472 | £22,049,420 | £22,267,996 | |
| Average employees | — | 219 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 191 | 219 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | £5,423,303 | £6,258,439 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £186,500 | — | — | — | — | £274,250 | £264,383 |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
+11.9%
£52,123,205 £58,323,350
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Cash
-36.6%
£2,137,738 £1,354,935
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Net assets
+0.4%
£25,960,766 £26,072,509
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Employees
+14.7%
191 219
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Operating profit
+21.4%
£1,092,265 £1,326,423
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Profit before tax
+44.5%
£261,403 £377,684
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Wages
+15.4%
£5,423,303 £6,258,439
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 | 2018-12-01 | 2019-11-30 | 2019-12-01 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.0% | 3.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.09x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.21x | 1.42x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors' believe that the Group is well placed to manage its business risks and that the Group has adequate capacity to continue its operations for the future. Accordingly, the Directors' have continued to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these accounts.”
Group structure
- OCEAN HOLDINGS SOUTH WEST LTD · parent
- Ocean Fish Group Limited 91%
- Ocean Fish (Wholesale) Limited 91%
- Ocean Fish (Retail) Limited 91%
- Ocean Fleet (SW) Limited 91%
- W. Stevenson & Sons Limited 81.9%
- The Hair Loft (SW) Limited 51%
Significant events
- “On 5 April 2025, the Group acquired a majority stake in Chapmans of Sevenoaks Limited. This acquisition ensure that Ocean Fish becomes a wholly integrated operation, creating an unrivalled premium hospitality offering into London and the South East. The Group has already centralised some support costs and will use its procurement expertise and scale economies to ensure that this Group company realises its ambition to double in size inside 3 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEMAN, Edward James | Director | 2018-08-07 | Sep 1971 | British |
| LAKEMAN, John Andrew | Director | 2018-08-07 | Apr 1943 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENGE, Leigh Geoffrey Head | Secretary | 2018-08-07 | 2025-11-25 |
| GENGE, Leigh Geoffrey Head | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2025-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Andrew Lakeman | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2018-08-23 | Ceased 2025-04-09 |
| Mr Edward James Lakeman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-03 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2020-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.