OPTIMA HEALTH PLC
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Cash
£22m
+46% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£170m
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,640
+8.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5m
-4% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,887,000 | £105,049,000 | £120,636,000 | +14.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£720,000 | £3,240,000 | £3,978,000 | +22.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£834,000 | £2,575,000 | £2,472,000 | -4% | |
| Net profit | — | £1,652,000 | £1,404,000 | -15% | |
| Cash | £21,096,000 | £14,797,000 | £21,606,000 | +46% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £144,101,000 | £205,458,000 | £288,865,000 | +40.6% | |
| Net assets | £127,618,000 | £168,120,000 | £169,777,000 | +1% | |
| Equity | £127,618,000 | £168,120,000 | £169,777,000 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 894 | 1,511 | 1,640 | +8.5% | |
| Wages | £57,440,000 | £52,760,000 | £61,923,000 | +17.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £334,000 | £567,000 | £993,000 | +75.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £24,000 | £35,000 | £49,000 | +40% | |
| Highest paid director | £225,000 | £344,000 | £618,000 | +79.7% |
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% | 3.1% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.6% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | 1.6% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.8% | 22.9% | 52.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 2.68x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | -5.33x | 4.87x | 2.55x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OPTIMA HEALTH PLC 2024-09-23 → present
- OPTIMA HEALTH LTD 2024-09-10 → 2024-09-23
- MARLOWE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH GROUP LTD 2022-02-01 → 2024-09-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next twelve months. Therefore, the Group has adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- OPTIMA HEALTH PLC · parent
- Optima Health Group Limited 100%
- Cognate Health Limited 100%
- PAM Healthcare Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The acquisition of PAM Healthcare Limited on 26 March 2026 for a total consideration of £100.1 million.”
- “During the year, the Group completed the acquisitions of Cognate Health Limited (Republic of Ireland), Care first and PAM Healthcare Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MABBOTT, Benjamin Albert | Secretary | 2025-10-28 | — | — |
| ARNOLD, Simon Ashley | Director | 2024-09-20 | Jan 1969 | British |
| COUNCELL, Adam Thomas | Director | 2022-02-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
| ETTLING, Mike | Director | 2024-09-20 | Aug 1964 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Julia | Director | 2024-09-20 | Nov 1958 | British |
| THOMAS, Jonathan David | Director | 2023-03-17 | Aug 1986 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Matthew James | Secretary | 2022-02-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| BONE, Christopher | Secretary | 2023-08-01 | 2024-09-20 |
| ORELU, Brenda | Secretary | 2024-09-20 | 2025-10-28 |
| DACRE, Alexander Peter | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2024-05-22 |
| GILES, Heidi | Director | 2024-09-20 | 2026-07-31 |
| HITCHCOCK, Jamie Alexander | Director | 2024-05-22 | 2024-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlowe Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-01 | Ceased 2024-09-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-12-18 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-18 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-18 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.