OPEN TRUSTEES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£317K
-25.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£124K
-69.9% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£356K
-27.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OPEN TRUSTEES LIMITED 2011-06-01 → present
- OSBORNE CLARKE PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED 1992-04-27 → 2011-06-01
- OVAL (790) LIMITED 1992-01-21 → 1992-04-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,670,885 | £1,378,159 | |
| Operating profit | £491,156 | £355,895 | |
| Profit before tax | £491,156 | £355,895 | |
| Net profit | £368,114 | £266,921 | |
| Cash | £423,269 | £316,619 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £412,670 | £124,015 | |
| Equity | £412,670 | £124,015 | |
| 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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.4% | 25.8% | |
| Net margin | 22.0% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 1.26x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the financial position of the company and its forecasted cash flows and have concluded that it will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparing financial statements. For these purposes the foreseeable future is taken to mean a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-01-21 | — | — |
| HAZLETT, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2003-01-06 | Mar 1974 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Timothy Paul | Director | 2002-04-24 | Jul 1968 | British |
| RANKIN, Claire Alison | Director | 2020-10-30 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAINES, Richard Eliot | Director | 1993-01-29 | 2002-09-30 |
| BOOBIER, Nigel John | Director | 2002-04-24 | 2026-04-30 |
| COOK, Patrick Donald | Director | 1993-01-29 | 2002-04-24 |
| FITZSIMONS, Linda Jane | Director | 2001-05-17 | 2002-11-22 |
| GRIGG, Jonathan | Director | 2006-03-23 | 2006-07-27 |
| IVE, Catherine Jane | Director | 2000-05-04 | 2001-05-17 |
| LUKER, Charles Coldrick | Director | 1994-10-17 | 2008-04-30 |
| PERRIN, Leslie Charles | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| STEINBACH, Joachim | Director | 1994-10-17 | 1997-03-17 |
| WHITING, Ralph Stephen | Director | — | 2000-05-04 |
| WOMERSLEY, Mark Richard Arthur | Director | 1997-03-17 | 2020-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osborne Clarke Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-12 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-17.5%
£1,670,885 £1,378,159
-
Cash
-25.2%
£423,269 £316,619
-
Net assets
-69.9%
£412,670 £124,015
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-27.5%
£491,156 £355,895
-
Profit before tax
-27.5%
£491,156 £355,895
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