OCEAN OUTDOOR UK HOLDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£79M
Equity attributable
Employees
114
Average over period
Profit before tax
£23M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £100,090,000 | £107,744,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,496,000 | £23,261,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,510,000 | £23,237,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,671,000 | £18,848,000 | |
| Cash | £14,180,000 | £16,543,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,590,000 | £82,336,000 | |
| Net assets | £70,406,000 | £78,953,000 | |
| Equity | £70,406,000 | £78,953,000 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 114 | |
| Wages | £6,342,000 | £6,251,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 21.6% | |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 17.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.5% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | 775.37x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- OCEAN OUTDOOR UK HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Ocean Outdoor UK Limited 100%
- Signature Outdoor Limited 100%
- Mediaco Outdoor Limited 100%
- Forrest Outdoor Media Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company launched further locations strengthening the position as pioneers of large format DOOH.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLEAKLEY, Tim James | Director | 2023-12-07 | Oct 1965 | British |
| HALL, Philip John | Director | 2023-12-07 | Mar 1974 | British |
| JOSEPH, Stephen Zev | Director | 2023-12-07 | Oct 1980 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 15 of 15 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.