OCEAN OUTDOOR UK HOLDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£17m
+2.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£103m
+30.2% vs 2024
Employees
133
+16.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£29m
+23.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £107,744,000 | £109,247,000 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | £23,261,000 | £28,765,000 | +23.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £23,237,000 | £28,766,000 | +23.8% | |
| Net profit | £18,848,000 | £23,876,000 | +26.7% | |
| Cash | £16,543,000 | £16,962,000 | +2.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £82,336,000 | £106,885,000 | +29.8% | |
| Net assets | £78,953,000 | £102,829,000 | +30.2% | |
| Equity | £78,953,000 | £102,829,000 | +30.2% | |
| Average employees | 114 | 133 | +16.7% | |
| Wages | £6,251,000 | £6,494,000 | +3.9% | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.6% | 26.3% | |
| Net margin | 17.5% | 21.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.3% | 26.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.0% | 43.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 2.01x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- OCEAN OUTDOOR UK HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Ocean Outdoor UK Limited 100%
- Signature Outdoor Limited 100%
- Mediaco Outdoor Limited 100%
- Forrest Outdoor Media Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In FY24, following a restructure, Ocean Outdoor UK Limited, Signature Outdoor Media Limited, Mediaco Outdoor Limited and Forrest Outdoor Media Limited, became 100% owned subsidiaries of Ocean Outdoor UK Holdco Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLEAKLEY, Tim James | Director | 2023-12-07 | Oct 1965 | British |
| HALL, Philip John | Director | 2023-12-07 | Mar 1974 | British |
| JOSEPH, Stephen Zev | Director | 2023-12-07 | Oct 1980 | British |
| SHAW, Nick | Director | 2026-07-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.