OXFAM ACTIVITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16K
-63.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4M
-94.8% vs 2024
Employees
68
+36% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,198,000 | £16,953,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,887,000 | -£1,990,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£2,231,000 | -£2,113,000 | |
| Cash | £44,000 | £16,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £195,000 | -£1,876,000 | |
| Net assets | -£2,229,000 | -£4,341,000 | |
| Equity | -£2,229,000 | -£4,342,000 | |
| Average employees | 50 | 68 | |
| Wages | £1,539,000 | £1,217,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.4% | -11.7% | |
| Net margin | -12.3% | -12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -967.7% | 106.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | -5.49x | -16.18x |
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)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“There are no material uncertainties in respect of the company's ability to continue as a going concern. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate in the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- OXFAM ACTIVITIES LIMITED · parent
- Frip Ethique SARL 100%
Significant events
- “No material post Balance Sheet events identified.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHIFE, Kathryn Louise | Secretary | 2024-01-09 | — | — |
| FALLON, Lorna Joy | Director | 2021-05-31 | Jan 1975 | British |
| GRAY, John Andrew | Director | 2022-11-02 | Jun 1967 | British |
| HADEN, Peter Demmery | Director | 2021-05-31 | Oct 1973 | British |
| TANG, Shing Him | Director | 2025-10-23 | Dec 1988 | Singaporean |
| TIVEY, Andrew David | Director | 2026-03-23 | Jun 1958 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELSHAW, Hugh Richard | Secretary | — | 1997-10-16 |
| FARQUHAR, Sarah Ann | Secretary | 2008-12-05 | 2009-11-13 |
| JUDGE, Harminder Singh | Secretary | 2016-06-23 | 2017-08-05 |
| MORTIMER, Claire Helen | Secretary | 2013-01-17 | 2014-08-15 |
| NEVILLE, Judeth Anne | Secretary | 2017-08-05 | 2021-10-15 |
| NUSSBAUM, David Simon Matthew | Secretary | 1997-10-16 | 1999-09-30 |
| SAUNDERS, Jonathan Stirling | Secretary | 1999-03-08 | 2013-01-17 |
| THORNE, Nigel Martyn | Secretary | 2014-08-15 | 2016-06-23 |
| WILKINS, Louise | Secretary | 2021-10-18 | 2022-11-03 |
| ADRIANO, Dino Baia | Director | 2003-02-04 | 2006-07-12 |
| ASHWORTH, Chris Paul | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2016-09-22 |
| BHATIA, Amirali Alibhai, Lord | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2003-02-04 |
| BROWN, Christopher James | Director | 2011-08-08 | 2012-07-04 |
| CAMPBELL, Leslie Gordon | Director | 2019-12-04 | 2026-03-23 |
| CHERRY, Winifred Mary | Director | — | 1995-09-23 |
| CLARK, Lesley Jean | Director | 2000-01-20 | 2001-06-11 |
| COE, Christopher Geoffrey | Director | 2000-12-05 | 2006-07-12 |
| CUNLIFFE, Jane Heather | Director | 2020-12-15 | 2022-11-25 |
| DEADMAN, Brian Christopher | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2000-04-30 |
| FARQUHAR, Sarah Ann | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2013-09-30 |
| FRIEND, Andrew Erskine | Director | 2007-01-25 | 2013-01-17 |
| GEORGE, Matthew | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2013-05-31 |
| GUNN, Jacqueline Georgina Florence | Director | 2003-02-04 | 2008-12-05 |
| HOPKINSON, Alison | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2020-06-30 |
| HORTON, Andrew George | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2020-08-27 |
| HUMPHREYS, Robert Griffith | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2015-12-31 |
| JOFFE, Joel Goodman, Lord | Director | — | 1999-03-08 |
| JONES, Sioned Mererid | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2014-06-12 |
| LAITHWAITE, Anthony Hugh Gordon | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2003-02-04 |
| LANKESTER, Alexandra Kim | Director | 2017-02-02 | 2020-02-13 |
| MCCULLOUGH, David John | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2011-09-30 |
| MULLINS, Paul John | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2021-07-14 |
| SAUNDERS, Robert | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2012-07-04 |
| SLIM, Hugo John Robertson | Director | 2000-12-05 | 2003-02-04 |
| STEVENS, Alan Charles | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2001-07-10 |
| STEWART, Gavin Macneill | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2019-10-03 |
| TALLACK, Barnaby John | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2012-07-04 |
| TAYLOR, Antony Richard Wingate | Director | 2005-01-27 | 2007-07-24 |
| VINCENT, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2000-12-05 |
| WALMSLEY, Charles William | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2003-02-04 |
| WEBB, Anne Marie | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2021-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Helen Mary Turnbull | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2025-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxfam | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-6.8%
£18,198,000 £16,953,000
-
Cash
-63.6%
£44,000 £16,000
-
Net assets
-94.8%
-£2,229,000 -£4,341,000
-
Employees
+36%
50 68
-
Operating profit
-5.5%
-£1,887,000 -£1,990,000
-
Wages
-20.9%
£1,539,000 £1,217,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers