OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-18 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14M

+4.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£25M

+25.1% vs 2024

Employees

401

+4.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2025-03-31

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED 2010-02-01 → present
OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT LIMITED(THE) 1982-03-02 → 2010-02-01

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

OXFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

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

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£22,743,133	£27,565,833
Operating profit	—	—
Profit before tax	—	—
Net profit	£117,230	£1,020,115
Cash	£13,517,909	£14,095,210
Total assets less current liabilities	£14,274,054	£15,191,170
Net assets	£19,807,054	£24,775,170
Equity	£19,807,054	£24,775,170
Average employees	385	401
Wages	£12,384,858	£13,584,271

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
Net margin		0.5%	3.7%
Current ratio		3.87x	3.52x

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: Wenn Townsend
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Trustees believe that OA has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual Financial Statements.”

Significant events

“Infrastructure projects dominated our work programme this year.”
“The 'Rewilding' later prehistory project, funded by UKRI and led by OA in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and Exeter, the Archaeology Data Service, Historic England, and Knepp Castle Estate, takes an innovative approach to nature conservation.”
“During the year, OA received much positive coverage in the media. For example, excavations at Oriel College, Oxford, which uncovered the city's original and previously elusive eastern defences, were featured in the national press.”

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

People

10 active · 34 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LANE, Andrew Peter	Secretary	2021-05-18	—	—
ANDREWS, Gillian Margaret	Director	2020-06-10	Apr 1953	British
BLACKMORE, Simon	Director	2020-11-25	May 1952	British
BOGAARD, Amy, Professor	Director	2023-11-22	Mar 1972	Canadian
BRIANT, William Richard Christian	Director	2009-03-30	Aug 1952	British
CHADWICK, Paul	Director	2020-11-25	Aug 1954	British
COOKE, Stephen Andrew	Director	2025-03-19	Oct 1965	British
COOPER, Susan Patricia	Director	2025-03-19	Sep 1957	British
MACDONALD, Alison, Dr	Director	2023-06-07	Oct 1967	British
WILLS, Jan	Director	2017-07-04	Oct 1951	British

Show 34 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Louise	Secretary	—	1995-04-01
PALMER, Simon Leslie	Secretary	2006-04-07	2021-05-18
WALTHAM, John Derek	Secretary	1995-04-01	2006-04-07
ARMSTRONG, Louise	Director	2002-10-02	2011-10-26
ARMSTRONG, Louise	Director	—	1995-04-01
BARRETT, John, Professor	Director	2014-10-29	2022-09-14
BLAIR, John, Dr	Director	—	1995-04-01
BRADLEY, Richard John, Professor	Director	2005-12-01	2008-03-17
CHARLESWORTH, John Gordon	Director	1997-03-19	2007-10-24
CHEETHAM, Christopher John, Dr	Director	1997-03-19	2002-10-02
COOK, Jean	Director	—	1995-04-01
CRUSE, Richard John	Director	2006-06-30	2019-11-27
FOWLER, Geoffrey Maisey	Director	1995-04-01	1996-12-27
GAIMSTER, David Richard Michael	Director	2004-10-27	2010-05-18
GOSDEN, Christopher Hugh	Director	2008-06-16	2023-11-22
HAMEROW, Helena Francisca, Professor	Director	2011-10-26	2023-11-22
HOWARD, John Desmond James	Director	—	2003-10-08
KEEN, Laurence John	Director	2004-10-27	2017-05-05
KENDAL, Roger James	Director	1997-03-19	2011-10-26
LLOYD, John, Dr	Director	—	1992-07-22
MAYHO, Thomas Clifford	Director	2002-10-02	2005-05-11
PAINTER, Kenneth Scott	Director	2001-11-28	2005-10-26
RANSON, David	Director	—	1993-07-07
ROBERTS, Elizabeth Martin	Director	—	1994-07-06
SALWAY, Peter, Emeritus Professor	Director	—	1996-07-10
SHERRATT, Andrew, Dr	Director	—	1993-07-07
STEANE, John	Director	—	1995-04-01
TAYLOR, Thomas James	Director	1995-04-01	1997-02-28
TINDALL, Adrian Stuart	Director	2010-07-09	2016-11-18
WARE, Francis John	Director	1995-04-01	2005-05-11
WARE, Margaret, Dr	Director	1997-01-01	2005-10-26
WARE, Margaret, Dr	Director	—	1995-04-01
WARRY, Peter Thomas, Dr	Director	2019-11-27	2021-11-17
WARRY, Peter Thomas	Director	2009-03-30	2011-10-26

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 168 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-04-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-04-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-11-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-28	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-11-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-27	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-10-27	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-11-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-05-18	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
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

+21.2%

£22,743,133 £27,565,833
Cash

+4.3%

£13,517,909 £14,095,210
Net assets

+25.1%

£19,807,054 £24,775,170
Employees

+4.2%

385 401
Wages

+9.7%

£12,384,858 £13,584,271

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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