OBAR CAMDEN HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
-0.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£20m
-11.8% vs 2024
Employees
314
+6.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.2m
-172.4% vs 2024
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 Consumer Discretionary 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 | £23,306,826 | £26,738,987 | £29,096,831 | +8.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£7,324,159 | £5,314,705 | £295,614 | -94.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,417,085 | £2,993,348 | -£2,167,592 | -172.4% | |
| Net profit | -£9,417,085 | £2,993,348 | -£2,167,592 | -172.4% | |
| Cash | £1,636,345 | £3,542,993 | £3,511,412 | -0.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£8,440,029 | -£4,574,900 | -£6,358,479 | -39% | |
| Net assets | -£21,292,565 | -£18,299,217 | -£20,466,809 | -11.8% | |
| Equity | -£21,292,565 | -£18,299,217 | -£20,466,809 | -11.8% | |
| Average employees | 280 | 296 | 314 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | £8,686,069 | £9,067,263 | £9,387,363 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £356,067 | £299,215 | £341,779 | +14.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -31.4% | 19.9% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | -40.4% | 11.2% | -7.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 0.49x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | -3.50x | 2.29x | 0.12x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- OBAR CAMDEN HOLDINGS LIMITED 2013-01-04 → present
- OVAL (2260) LIMITED 2012-10-17 → 2013-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- OBAR CAMDEN HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Obar Camden Limited 100%
- The Hope Lease Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During March 2025, the Group repaid several loans including £3.3M Landlord related and £1.5M short term loans (drawn down between August and October 2024).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXEN, Adine Grate | Director | 2021-11-11 | Apr 1961 | Swedish |
| BENGOUGH, Oliver | Director | 2012-10-17 | Feb 1975 | British |
| SISTER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-11-09 | — | — |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOHERTY, Hugh | Secretary | 2012-10-17 | 2014-02-13 |
| ELLIN, Robert | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2016-09-07 |
| FRY, Christopher John | Director | 2021-11-11 | 2023-11-09 |
| GIPSON, Stephen | Director | 2016-09-07 | 2016-11-30 |
| MURDOCH, Elisabeth | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2023-11-09 |
| RUTHERFORD, Alexander James | Director | 2012-10-17 | 2014-02-14 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-10-17 | 2012-10-18 |
| SISTER GROUP LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-11-09 | 2023-11-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sister Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-02-18 | Active |
| Koko (Camden) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-30 |
| Oliver Bengough | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.