OPTIONS CORPORATE PENSIONS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£868k
+431.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.3m
+180.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
46
-19.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+1,399.1% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £4,460,978 | £4,801,007 | £4,491,382 | -6.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£215,579 | -£1,709,672 | -693.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £504,090 | -£215,579 | £2,800,655 | +1,399.1% | |
| Net profit | £504,090 | -£215,579 | £2,800,655 | +1,399.1% | |
| Cash | £181,409 | £163,509 | £868,342 | +431.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,333,626 | -£1,549,205 | £1,251,450 | +180.8% | |
| Net assets | -£1,333,636 | -£1,549,215 | £1,251,440 | +180.8% | |
| Equity | -£1,333,636 | -£1,549,215 | £1,251,440 | +180.8% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 57 | 46 | -19.3% | |
| Wages | £1,387,319 | £1,769,321 | £2,121,730 | +19.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £148,900 | £97,384 | £11,667 | -88% |
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 | — | -4.5% | -38.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | -4.5% | 62.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -136.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.56x | 0.55x | 1.24x |
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
- OPTIONS CORPORATE PENSIONS UK LIMITED 2020-01-02 → present
- CAREY CORPORATE PENSIONS UK LIMITED 2014-12-17 → 2020-01-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as it is the Directors' opinion that the Company will be able to meet all liabilities as they fall due. This opinion is derived from financial and cash projections for the forthcoming twelve months from the date that these accounts are signed. Accordingly, the Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- OPTIONS CORPORATE PENSIONS UK LIMITED · parent
- MK Corporate Trustees UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 22 December 2025, the boards of STM Group PLC ("STM", the Company's ultimate parent company) and Meridian Ascend, a consortium of industry specialists and STM Group PLC management ("Meridian") announced that they had agreed the terms of a recommended offer pursuant to which Meridian will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of STM Group PLC following regulatory change of control approvals from the respective regulators.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLETT, Christine Patricia | Director | 2014-12-17 | May 1959 | British |
| HATCHER, Alison Rose | Director | 2025-06-04 | Jun 1981 | British |
| SAMBORN, Kevin Douglas | Director | 2025-09-29 | Aug 1968 | American |
| SCOTT, William Douglas | Director | 2025-08-26 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVAKOVIC, Novica | Secretary | 2014-12-17 | 2016-03-31 |
| COLE, Simon Richard | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2023-01-31 |
| COLE, Simon Richard | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2019-02-12 |
| COLL, Nicole | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2022-10-14 |
| HAERING, Beat Hans | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2019-02-12 |
| HATCH, David Edward | Director | 2019-02-12 | 2025-01-20 |
| HORWITZ, Brandon Charles | Director | 2020-01-02 | 2022-02-07 |
| KETTLEBOROUGH, Graham Leslie | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2023-04-28 |
| TRUELL, Edmund George Imjin Fosbroke | Director | 2025-01-20 | 2025-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.