OPTIONS CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-16 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-02
Watchouts
Cash
£812K
-23.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£448K
-4.3% vs 2024
Employees
93
-11.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£20K
-112.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Given the decision to start the closure process from July 2026, the accounts have been prepared on a non going concern basis as outlined in FRS102 paragraph 3 9 once a company has decided to close
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OPTIONS CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 1995-12-01 → present
- MARIE STOPES CONSULTANCY LIMITED 1992-03-09 → 1995-12-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,071,757 | £11,439,636 | |
| Operating profit | £163,511 | -£20,165 | |
| Profit before tax | £163,511 | -£20,165 | |
| Net profit | £163,511 | -£20,165 | |
| Cash | £1,057,543 | £811,551 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £467,935 | £447,770 | |
| Equity | £467,935 | £447,770 | |
| Average employees | 105 | 93 | |
| Wages | £2,107,410 | £1,495,583 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.19x |
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
- Sayer Vincent LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Given the decision to start the closure process from July 2026, the accounts have been prepared on a non going concern basis as outlined in FRS102 paragraph 3 9 once a company has decided to close”
Group structure
- OPTIONS CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Options for International Health (OIH) 100%
Significant events
- “The Options Board of Directors have taken the decision to close Options once its main contracts finish in July 2026.”
- “Associated costs of windup have been included, these are primarily staff redundancy payments.”
- “Fixed Assets are minimal and will be written down in the final accounts in 2026.”
- “Termination notice has been formally served for two of the contracts which will now complete on 31 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Simon Robert Guy, Mr. | Director | 2013-11-27 | May 1967 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Megan Alisa Mcillwain | Director | 2017-05-23 | Mar 1980 | British |
| HARCOURT, James | Director | 2022-02-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD, Helen | Secretary | 2020-06-04 | 2022-03-25 |
| LUTLEY, Andrew John | Secretary | 2019-05-28 | 2020-06-01 |
| LUTLEY, Andrew John | Secretary | 1992-03-09 | 2007-10-15 |
| SOLSCAN LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-10-15 | 2019-05-28 |
| ADLER, Michael William | Director | 2002-02-19 | 2011-01-14 |
| AUSTEN, Anne | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2020-11-18 |
| BARNETT, Anthony, Dr | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2011-01-14 |
| BLACK, Timothy Reuben Ladbroke, Dr | Director | 1992-03-09 | 2014-12-11 |
| BLACKHOLLY, Helen | Director | 2023-03-08 | 2025-12-31 |
| DYSON, Timothy | Director | — | 2000-11-13 |
| ELMS, Jonathan Geoffrey | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2021-12-31 |
| HARVEY, Philip Dow | Director | 2013-05-24 | 2021-03-31 |
| HOVIG, Dana Scott | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2013-06-07 |
| HUMPHREY, Linda Patricia, Dr | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2010-12-02 |
| LEENEN, Floris | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2006-02-28 |
| MACKAY, Anna | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2023-03-08 |
| PETERSEN, Todd | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2013-05-23 |
| POTTS, David Malcolm, Doctor | Director | 1993-02-22 | 1996-03-21 |
| RUTTER, Timothy Morton | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2017-05-23 |
| SAYERS, John Lyth | Director | 2019-11-28 | 2025-05-30 |
| SEARCH, Henrietta Christina | Director | 1992-03-17 | 2011-03-25 |
| STANFORD, Edgar William | Director | 1992-03-17 | 2007-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Msi Reproductive Choices | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-24.1%
£15,071,757 £11,439,636
-
Cash
-23.3%
£1,057,543 £811,551
-
Net assets
-4.3%
£467,935 £447,770
-
Employees
-11.4%
105 93
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Operating profit
-112.3%
£163,511 -£20,165
-
Profit before tax
-112.3%
£163,511 -£20,165
-
Wages
-29%
£2,107,410 £1,495,583
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