OLIVER BERNARD LIMITED
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Cash
£530K
-43.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£1.5M
+4.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
36
-10% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.4M
+16.5% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,656,343 | £45,901,121 | £19,841,264 | £20,444,616 | +3% | |
| Operating profit | £3,405,609 | £4,473,482 | £1,192,406 | £1,389,634 | +16.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,405,609 | £4,473,661 | £1,192,406 | £1,389,634 | +16.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,741,914 | £3,509,919 | £883,136 | £1,023,520 | +15.9% | |
| Cash | £696,002 | £641,043 | £932,862 | £530,031 | -43.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,454,788 | £1,461,652 | £1,462,640 | £1,530,286 | +4.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,430,203 | £1,440,122 | £1,448,258 | £1,513,778 | +4.5% | |
| Equity | £1,430,203 | £1,440,122 | £1,448,258 | £1,513,778 | +4.5% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 56 | 40 | 36 | -10% | |
| Wages | £3,992,411 | £7,035,686 | £2,952,686 | £2,930,441 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £17,520 | £29,574 | £22,146 | £22,632 | +2.2% |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 9.7% | 6.0% | 6.8% | |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 7.6% | 4.5% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 234.1% | 306.1% | 81.5% | 90.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 59.6% | 65.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.66x | 1.51x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Since the year end, the company has paid dividends of £440,000 to its shareholders. These dividends were declared and paid after the reporting date and have not been recognised as a liability at the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JENKINS, Billy | Director | 2010-01-18 | Jan 1984 | British |
| MACE, James | Director | 2010-01-18 | Sep 1982 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Billy Bernard Jenkins | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Oliver Mace | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.