OLIVER JAMES ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+2,102.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.9m
-9.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
317
-5.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£460k
-69.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £102,776,320 | £80,190,755 | £68,352,691 | -14.8% | |
| Operating profit | £732,186 | £1,965,742 | £1,121,122 | -43% | |
| Profit before tax | £75,514 | £1,522,317 | £460,132 | -69.8% | |
| Net profit | -£388,315 | £1,011,836 | £450,411 | -55.5% | |
| Cash | £52,044 | £55,359 | £1,219,063 | +2,102.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,968,343 | £6,083,478 | £5,544,063 | -8.9% | |
| Net assets | £10,263,858 | £5,357,999 | £4,869,785 | -9.1% | |
| Equity | £10,263,858 | £5,357,999 | £4,869,785 | -9.1% | |
| Average employees | 401 | 336 | 317 | -5.7% | |
| Wages | £20,748,989 | £17,887,582 | £20,176,958 | +12.8% | |
| 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. 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 | 0.7% | 2.5% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 32.3% | 20.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.07x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | 4.43x | 1.70x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- OLIVER JAMES ASSOCIATES LIMITED · parent
- Avencia Talent Solutions Limited 81%
- Oliver James Associates SRL 100%
Significant events
- “Several overseas offices have relocated and/or expanded in the year.”
- “Avencia Consulting Hong Kong Limited and Avencia Consulting Limited (Ireland) were incorporated in 2025.”
- “On 1 January 2025, the Group completed the sale of part of its Italian trading business, being the Italian branch of Oliver James Professionals BV, through a trade and asset sale.”
- “Oliver James Antwerp BV and Light Search Limited were liquidated in financial year 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE, Oliver Steven | Director | 2002-07-01 | May 1976 | British |
| WASE ROGERS, Nicholas James | Director | 2002-07-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEGG, Stephen | Secretary | 2002-05-27 | 2002-07-01 |
| WASE ROGERS, Melissa Jane | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2023-03-29 |
| DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-05-27 | 2002-05-27 |
| CLEGG, Mary Clare | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2002-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver James Associates Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-01-13 | Active |
| Mr Oliver Steven Castle | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-13 |
| Mr Nicholas James Wase-Rogers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | RP05 | address | Default companies house registered office address applied | |
| 2026-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.