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OVERSEAS COURIER SERVICE (LONDON) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 01062887
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1972-07-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors, after reviewing the company's financial performance and position, have prepared forecasts based on historic trends and assumptions about future sales, cost levels and the timing of cash flows. The forecasts show that the directors expect the company to have sufficient cash resources to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. If the actual results are lower than expected, the directors have identified non-essential expenditure that can be reduced accordingly to conserve cash. Based on these forecasts, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- General Express Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Dormant
Significant events
- “2024 saw good growth in the number of parcels shipped but a more competitive market and significant cost increases in some areas has ensured that margins were impacted and the overall profit was below the level in 2023. The directors are very satisfied with the performance in 2024 and, after initial disruption from USA tariff volatility believe that 2025 will continue in a similar way.”
- “Inflation has returned to more normal levels and so interest rates are reducing. Significant uncertainty remains with continuing hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East. These have already affected demand and the biggest uncertainty now is the volatile tariffs being imposed into the USA. The Directors believe that this will be settle as trade deals are agreed in the next few months.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Timothy Paul | Secretary | 2008-11-28 | — | British |
| FARR, Lance Denis | Director | 2008-11-28 | Mar 1968 | British |
| JONES, Timothy Paul | Director | 2008-11-28 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FURUZAWA, Kiyohisa | Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2008-11-28 |
| JOY, Kuniko Connie | Secretary | — | 2001-06-29 |
| FURUZAWA, Kiyohisa | Director | — | 2008-11-28 |
| FURUZAWA, Mitsusou | Director | — | 2008-11-28 |
| FURUZAWA, Teruo | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2008-11-28 |
| JOY, Kuniko Connie | Director | — | 2004-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocs Worldwide Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-25 | Active |
| Mr Lance Denis Farr | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-25 |
| Mr Tim Paul Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-08-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-06-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2021-06-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2021-06-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2021-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2020-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2020-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2019-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-09-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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