OPTION COMPUTERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-20 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-06
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+225% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+8.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-21.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OPTION COMPUTERS LIMITED 1985-12-02 → present
- VARIANT COMPUTERS LIMITED 1985-11-07 → 1985-12-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,436,000 | £5,966,000 | |
| Operating profit | £897,000 | £470,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,415,000 | £1,111,000 | |
| Net profit | £628,000 | £931,000 | |
| Cash | £669,000 | £2,174,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,566,000 | £11,496,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,566,000 | £11,496,000 | |
| Equity | £10,566,000 | £11,496,000 | |
| 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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 15.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.2% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.93x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- OPTION COMPUTERS LIMITED · parent
- RCP Trade Solutions Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
-7.3%
£6,436,000 £5,966,000
-
Cash
+225%
£669,000 £2,174,000
-
Net assets
+8.8%
£10,566,000 £11,496,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-47.6%
£897,000 £470,000
-
Profit before tax
-21.5%
£1,415,000 £1,111,000
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