R.J. O'BRIEN LIMITED

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. R.J. O'BRIEN LIMITED 2015-03-18 → present
2. THE KYTE GROUP LIMITED 1993-04-02 → 2015-03-18
3. KYTE FUTURES LIMITED 1986-09-24 → 1993-04-02
4. M.D. FUTURES LIMITED 1984-04-19 → 1986-09-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In coming to this conclusion the directors have considered the trading environment, and ongoing access to RJO group funding facilities. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. R.J. O'BRIEN LIMITED · parent
   1. R.J. O'Brien France SAS 100% · France · Execution Brokerage

Significant events

• “During the year the Company elected to cease offering cash equities and interest rate swaps trading services to its clients, in favour of focussing on organic growth of its core business lines. Investments in both technology and staff, in key areas, by both the Company and the wider RJO group, which underline the importance of robust systems and effective risk management, have led to higher cost allocations for the Company.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

4

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -25.3%

  £127,575,071 → £95,358,175

• Cash

  +42.3%

  £21,362,665 → £30,402,477

• Net assets

  +16.5%

  £28,248,845 → £32,897,480

• Employees

  +17.6%

  102 → 120

• Operating profit

  -117.1%

  £9,561,771 → -£1,639,798

• Profit before tax

  -116.3%

  £9,685,993 → -£1,579,123

• Wages

  +13.4%

  £14,397,975 → £16,327,797

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