ONTARIO VENTURES LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£5.3m
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£44k
-90.3% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£51,843 | £455,895 | £44,230 | -90.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£51,843 | £455,895 | £44,230 | -90.3% | |
| Net profit | -£51,843 | £455,895 | £44,230 | -90.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,837,463 | -£5,381,568 | -£5,337,338 | +0.8% | |
| Net assets | -£5,837,463 | -£5,381,568 | -£5,337,338 | +0.8% | |
| Equity | -£5,837,463 | -£5,381,568 | -£5,337,338 | +0.8% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 196.5% | 182.7% | 181.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.51x | 0.55x | 0.55x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the financial strength of the wider Regalhill Limited group, the Directors consider that this financial support will enable the Company to discharge its obligations in the ordinary course of business for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. The Directors therefore consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statement on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ONTARIO VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Cedar Cwmbran Limited 100%
- Cedar Worcester Limited 100%
- Willow Steel Limited 100%
- Willow Bathgate Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MASON, Carl | Director | 2025-07-03 | Oct 1964 | British |
| WILLIS, Roxana | Director | 2022-02-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Robert Frank | Secretary | 2007-10-11 | 2012-02-01 |
| BATE, Kenneth John | Director | 2022-08-28 | 2025-07-03 |
| HOLMES, Benedict | Director | 2020-02-04 | 2021-11-11 |
| MORGAN, Mark | Director | 2020-02-04 | 2022-08-28 |
| RICHARDSON, Carl Alexander | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2020-02-04 |
| RICHARDSON, Lee Scott | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2020-02-04 |
| RICHARDSON, Martyn Ford | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2020-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Carl Alexander Richardson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-01 |
| Mr Lee Scott Richardson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-01 |
| Mr Martyn Ford Richardson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-08-01 |
| Dukehill Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.