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OPTION COMPUTERS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 01955823
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1985-11-07
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these considerations, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements for the going concern period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- RCP Trade Solutions Limited · 100% held · England & Wales · Software design and consultancy
Significant events
- “On 28 March 2025, the directors approved the proposed cash dividend of $3,000,000 to its sole shareholder, US Parthenon Holdings LLC.”
- “On the 14th April 2025, S&P Global and CME Group announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the Osttra Group to investment funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP ('KKR'). The terms of the deal for Osttra equated to a total enterprise value at $3.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and receipt of required regulatory approvals.”
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
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLETT, Michelle Lesley | Director | 2021-09-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| WINTERS, Kirston Gareth | Director | 2021-09-01 | Apr 1978 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRISKINANS, Sarah Louise | Secretary | — | 2015-09-01 |
| GOOCH, Jeffrey Andrew | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-07-15 |
| KRISKINANS, Peter Janis | Director | — | 2015-09-01 |
| KRISKINANS, Sarah Louise | Director | — | 2015-09-01 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Christopher Guy, Mr. | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2021-09-01 |
| OWEN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2018-07-30 | 2021-09-01 |
| UGGLA, Lance Darrell Gordon | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kkr & Co. Inc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2025-10-10 | Active |
| Ihs Markit Uk Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-01 | Ceased 2025-10-10 |
| Nex Optimisation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-28 | Ceased 2025-10-10 |
| Markit Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-28 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
| Ihs Markit Equity Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-23 | Ceased 2022-02-28 |
| Markit Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-23 |
| Markit Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-12-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-12-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-08-23 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2022-08-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-08-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-08-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-01-27 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous extended |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
Credit score
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