OXFORD PLASTIC SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+117.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
77
-23% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£724K
+739.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OXFORD PLASTIC SYSTEMS LIMITED 1985-12-09 → present
- DANSHIELD LIMITED 1985-11-11 → 1985-12-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,627,864 | £15,857,872 | |
| Operating profit | £129,143 | £739,119 | |
| Profit before tax | £86,259 | £724,469 | |
| Net profit | £90,368 | £837,374 | |
| Cash | £787,931 | £1,713,190 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,862,123 | £12,427,463 | |
| Net assets | £10,049,045 | £10,886,419 | |
| Equity | £10,049,045 | £10,886,419 | |
| Average employees | 100 | 77 | |
| Wages | £4,903,282 | £3,817,748 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 5.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 31.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 2.53x | |
| Interest cover | 2.91x | 16.49x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecasts prepared and the funds available, sufficient resources are available for the company to conduct business for at least 12 months post signing of the financial statements As such, the Directors believe that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis”
Significant events
- “Following a group restructure, redundancy costs in the year of £257,802 (2024 - £nıl) were incurred”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITELEY, Alice Jane Belinda | Secretary | 2006-02-24 | — | British |
| WHITELEY, Alice Jane Belinda | Director | 2018-10-11 | Feb 1966 | British |
| WHITELEY, Charlotte Emma Jane | Director | 2026-03-19 | Feb 1992 | British |
| WHITELEY, Christopher James | Director | 1994-07-19 | Jan 1958 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCULUS, Robin Gilman | Secretary | 2014-09-30 | 2024-11-18 |
| FRY, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2005-07-20 | 2006-02-10 |
| HENDERSON, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2003-02-28 | 2005-07-20 |
| KELLY, David Charles Joseph | Secretary | — | 2003-02-28 |
| ANDERSON, Helen Mary Claire | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2020-04-30 |
| ARCULUS, Robin Gilman | Director | — | 2014-09-30 |
| BURNS, Andrew | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2025-06-27 |
| KELLY, David Charles Joseph | Director | — | 2003-02-28 |
| MORGAN, David John | Director | 1997-05-30 | 2008-10-21 |
| ROBINSON, Colin David Guy | Director | 1997-10-02 | 1998-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Plastic Systems (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-12-04 | Active |
| Mr Christopher James Whiteley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-19.2%
£19,627,864 £15,857,872
-
Cash
+117.4%
£787,931 £1,713,190
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£10,049,045 £10,886,419
-
Employees
-23%
100 77
-
Operating profit
+472.3%
£129,143 £739,119
-
Profit before tax
+739.9%
£86,259 £724,469
-
Wages
-22.1%
£4,903,282 £3,817,748
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