OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-15 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+11.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£92M

+2.9% vs 2024

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

£65M

+3.2% vs 2024

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£564,310,000	£559,180,000
Operating profit	£57,063,000	£58,575,000
Profit before tax	£62,730,000	£64,749,000
Net profit	£59,368,000	£62,620,000
Cash	£1,164,000	£1,302,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£89,517,000	£92,227,000
Net assets	£89,268,000	£91,888,000
Equity	£89,268,000	£91,888,000
Average employees	—	—
Wages	—	—

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	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	10.1%	10.5%
Net margin	10.5%	11.2%
Return on capital employed	63.7%	63.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	46.7%	49.3%
Current ratio	2.15x	2.04x
Interest cover	1542.24x	421.40x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED · parent
1. Ove Arup & Partners Scotland Limited 100% · Scotland · Designed and consulting engineering services, in architecture and other related professional skills

Significant events

“The results show a profit for the financial year of £62,620k (2024: £59,368k). The net assets as at 31 March 2025 are £91,888k (2024: £89,268k).”
“However, in 2025-26, a new Arup Group Board structure was introduced, centralising oversight and aligning UKIMEA risk governance with global standards. This shift reflects a broader trend toward strategic integration and consistency across regions.”
“Correction of Prior Year Tax Loss Claim: During the financial years ended 31 March 2022-2024, the Company claimed UK corporation tax losses surrendered by fellow group companies, for nil consideration. At the time of surrender, certain of these companies had negative reserves, and the transactions were subsequently identified as constituting unlawful distributions under the Companies Act 2006 in the surrendering companies. To rectify this position, an intercompany loan has been established in the current financial year between the Company and those tax loss surrendering companies.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 95 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ELLERD-STYLES, Jenny Kristina Matilda	Secretary	2022-11-02	—	—
BURNS, Jacqueline Denise	Director	2025-07-31	Dec 1974	British
HUNTER, Alistair Edward	Director	2025-11-16	Aug 1974	British
SMITH, Austin Matthew	Director	2025-07-31	Feb 1971	British
WALSH, Paula	Director	2024-04-01	Dec 1966	British

Show 95 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SHAKESPEARE, Vanessa Jane	Secretary	2015-11-02	2022-07-01
SOMERS, Michael John	Secretary	—	2007-03-31
TWEEDIE, Matthew Stuart	Secretary	2007-04-01	2015-11-01
ABI-ZADEH, Davar	Director	2001-04-01	2008-07-31
ALLSOP, Andrew Charles	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
AMBROSE, Christopher Edward	Director	—	2000-10-01
ANSLEY-YOUNG, Martin James	Director	2007-07-01	2016-12-31
AYRES, Peter Geoffrey	Director	—	2005-05-10
BADGER, David William	Director	1994-10-01	2008-07-31
BAKER, Adrian Charles	Director	2004-04-01	2008-07-31
BALMOND, Cecil Hugh Ignatius	Director	—	2010-03-31
BANKS, Garry Russell	Director	2007-10-01	2008-07-31
BARKER, Charles Thomas	Director	—	1998-07-06
BARTON, Allan George	Director	2007-01-08	2008-07-31
BASTER, Jennifer	Director	2001-04-01	2013-03-31
BEATTIE, David	Director	2001-04-01	2010-03-31
BEEVER, Paula Frances	Director	1994-10-01	1996-02-23
BELFIELD, Alan James, Dr	Director	1996-10-01	2019-03-31
BERRY, John Sydney Albert	Director	—	2005-05-31
BIDGOOD, Mark Philip	Director	1996-10-01	2008-07-31
BISSET, Alastair Macdonald	Director	2001-04-01	2004-03-31
BOLTON, Graham Neil	Director	2004-04-01	2008-07-31
BOSTOCK, Richard Mark	Director	—	2004-04-16
BRAITHWAITE, Peter Alan	Director	1997-10-01	2008-06-27
BRAND, Philip Russell	Director	2007-07-01	2008-07-31
BRAZIER, John Charles	Director	2002-01-01	2008-07-31
BRESSINGTON, Peter	Director	2001-04-01	2007-02-28
BRIDGES, Harry William Calhoun	Director	1999-04-01	2008-07-31
BROOMHEAD, Anthony David William	Director	2006-12-01	2011-04-08
BROWN, Michael George	Director	—	1997-03-31
BRZESKI, Stanislaw Stephen	Director	1997-10-01	2000-10-31
BUDD, Peter James	Director	1992-12-01	2016-02-29
BULL, Michael, Dr	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
BULL, Peter Patrick	Director	2004-04-01	2008-07-31
BUNCE, Deborah Rosemary	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
BURRIDGE, Colin James	Director	2002-01-01	2016-12-31
BURROWS, Stephen	Director	1996-10-01	2008-07-31
BUSCHER, Volker	Director	2006-10-01	2008-07-31
BUTTERWORTH, Martin Andrew	Director	2004-12-01	2008-07-31
CAMPBELL, Brian Robert	Director	—	1994-05-31
CARE, Robert Frank, Dr	Director	2011-02-03	2014-03-31
CARFRAE, Tristram George Allen	Director	2011-02-03	2016-12-31
CARRADICE, Ian	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
CARROLL, Christopher	Director	2006-04-01	2008-07-31
CASEY, Roy John	Director	2003-12-01	2004-08-22
CATHER, Robert	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
CHAMLEY, Peter John	Director	2001-04-01	2008-07-31
CHAN, Andrew Ka Ching, Dr	Director	—	2008-07-31
CHANNER, Guy Richard	Director	2007-10-01	2008-07-31
CHAPMAN, Timothy James Patrick	Director	2004-12-01	2008-07-31
CHARTERS, David	Director	2004-12-01	2005-05-20
CHIKAHER, Gregoir Moradian	Director	2001-04-01	2008-07-31
CLARE, David George	Director	2001-04-01	2008-07-31
CLINTON, Colin John	Director	2004-04-01	2008-07-31
CORREIA, Dremond De Oliveira	Director	2010-01-01	2016-05-31
CORRENZA, Joseph, Dr	Director	2003-10-01	2005-08-31
COWAP, Roy Joseph	Director	—	2004-07-30
COWELL, James Richard	Director	2001-10-01	2006-11-10
CROFT, David Downton	Director	—	1995-03-24
CROWE, William Mitchell	Director	2006-10-01	2008-07-31
DA SILVA, Joanna	Director	2007-10-01	2008-07-31
DALLARD, Patrick Robert Blayney	Director	2000-06-01	2008-07-31
DAVIES, Gavin Miles James, Dr	Director	2006-10-01	2008-07-31
DILLEY, Philip Graham, Sir	Director	1993-04-01	2014-05-31
DIX, Terence Raymond	Director	1999-04-01	2008-07-31
DOBROVOLSKY, Leszek	Director	2007-11-01	2008-07-31
DORR, Alois	Director	1999-04-01	2005-05-04
EDWARDS, David Christopher	Director	2000-04-01	2004-03-19
EDWARDS, Richard Murray	Director	1995-10-01	2003-07-31
ELDER, Alastair John	Director	1998-01-01	2001-11-19
EMMERSON, Robert Frank	Director	—	2004-03-31
EVALL	Director	—	1993-11-26
EVANS, Justin James Bamford	Director	1997-10-01	2016-12-31
EVANS, Peter Bligh	Director	2003-04-01	2008-07-31
FACER, Mark James	Director	—	2003-04-30
FALBE-HANSEN, Klaus	Director	2000-04-01	2006-01-31
FIELD, Nicholas John	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
FITZPATRICK, Anthony James	Director	—	2003-07-26
FLETCHER, Mark	Director	2004-12-01	2008-07-31
FOSTER, Alan John	Director	—	1995-11-27
FOSTER, Andrew James	Director	2000-04-01	2004-01-30
FOSTER, Nigel Richard John	Director	2002-12-01	2012-06-29
FOX, Adrian Kenneth Martin	Director	2001-04-01	2008-07-31
FRASER, Alexander Fernie	Director	—	1997-12-31
FROST, Jerome Anthony	Director	2021-04-01	2024-03-31
GABA, Asim Razaq	Director	2003-04-01	2008-07-31
GAMMONS, Timothy Simon	Director	2007-10-01	2008-07-31
GARDNER, Ian Richard	Director	1993-04-01	2016-12-31
GEESON, Paul	Director	2003-10-01	2008-07-31
GHARBIEH, Said Mohammad	Director	2007-03-01	2008-07-31
GIST, Peter, Dr	Director	2001-06-01	2008-07-31
GLOVER, David William	Director	1998-10-01	2011-07-28
GLOVER, Michael John, Dr	Director	—	2008-07-31
GOOD, Graham Edward	Director	1994-10-01	2002-03-31
GRIFFITHS, Adrian John	Director	2001-04-01	2003-07-11

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Arup Group Limited	Corporate entity	Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-10-10
Ove Arup & Partners International Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 880 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-11-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-08-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-31	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-31	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-05-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-12-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-08-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-04-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-02-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-11-07	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-07-01	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2022-04-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 8
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 3
Officers resigned: 0

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

-0.9%

£564,310,000 £559,180,000
Cash

+11.9%

£1,164,000 £1,302,000
Net assets

+2.9%

£89,268,000 £91,888,000
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

+2.6%

£57,063,000 £58,575,000
Profit before tax

+3.2%

£62,730,000 £64,749,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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