OISE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-24.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-3.5% first positive since 2022
Employees
9
+12.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£251K
-103.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- OISE LIMITED 2006-07-13 → present
- OISE PLC 2005-06-28 → 2006-07-13
- OISE LIMITED 1998-08-05 → 2005-06-28
- O.I.S.E. LIMITED 1977-07-19 → 1998-08-05
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £590,000 | £468,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,157,128 | -£297,656 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,094,839 | £7,856,590 | -£250,526 | |
| Net profit | -£2,094,839 | £8,158,310 | -£250,526 | |
| Cash | £536,942 | £2,448,778 | £1,840,666 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,001,282 | £7,157,028 | £6,906,502 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,157,028 | £6,906,502 | |
| Equity | -£1,001,282 | £7,157,028 | £6,906,502 | |
| Average employees | 9 | 8 | 9 | |
| Wages | £362,100 | £312,180 | £312,310 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -196.1% | -63.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 1382.8% | -53.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -16.2% | -4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 43.5% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.44x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | — | -113.56x | -5.57x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into account all of the above matters, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the director continues to adopt the basis in preparing these financial statements. OISE Holdings Limited has confirmed that it will continue to support the company financially for a period not less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- OISE LIMITED · parent
- Instill Education Limited 100%
- OISCsuisse SA 100%
- OISE Etude Linguistiques SAS 100%
- OISE Germany 100%
- OISE Heidelberg SRL 100%
- OISE Warsaw 100%
- ACE Consultores de Idiomas SA 100%
- OISE Toronto Inc 100%
- Montreal Global English Limited 100%
- Basil Paterson Limited 100%
- Sugans Street Limited 100%
- Regent Language Training Limited 100%
- The Edinburgh School of English Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 27 June 2025, the company received a dividend totalling £2m from its subsidiary, Instill Education Limited.”
- “On 27 June 2025, the company declared a dividend of £4 million to its parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PILGRIMS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-09-21 | — | — |
| GINS, Till | Director | — | Oct 1950 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWES, Peter Graham | Secretary | 2005-03-24 | 2005-09-30 |
| MEYRICK, Andrew Peter Stewart | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | 2007-05-25 |
| MILLS, James Wilfred | Secretary | — | 2000-12-14 |
| ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-12-14 | 2005-03-24 |
| DIAMOND COLLEGE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-05-25 | 2023-09-21 |
| BIDDLE, Norman Michael, Dr | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2002-05-09 |
| CLARK, Cameron Mc Callum | Director | 1997-11-27 | 1999-06-09 |
| DAVIS, Clive Clayton | Director | 2007-12-19 | 2008-04-18 |
| DEAN, Bonnie Phillips | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2007-05-29 |
| EDEN, Roger Charles | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2001-05-31 |
| FORSTER, Geoffrey David | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2006-04-17 |
| GINS, Francoise | Director | — | 2005-04-21 |
| GINS, Peter | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2006-01-25 |
| MEYRICK, Andrew Peter Stewart | Director | 2004-11-25 | 2007-05-25 |
| SMITH, Christopher Winston | Director | 1999-12-20 | 2007-05-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Till Gins | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-20.7%
£590,000 £468,000
-
Cash
-24.8%
£2,448,778 £1,840,666
-
Net assets
-3.5%
£7,157,028 £6,906,502
-
Employees
+12.5%
8 9
-
Operating profit
+74.3%
-£1,157,128 -£297,656
-
Profit before tax
-103.2%
£7,856,590 -£250,526
-
Wages
0%
£312,180 £312,310
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