NMA OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£519K
+171.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£128K
-3.1% vs 2024
Employees
160
+28% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£111K
-3.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,355,389 | £1,563,561 | |
| Operating profit | £115,102 | £110,949 | |
| Profit before tax | £115,102 | £110,949 | |
| Net profit | £115,102 | £110,949 | |
| Cash | £191,044 | £519,302 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £132,156 | £128,003 | |
| Equity | £132,156 | £128,003 | |
| Average employees | 125 | 160 | |
| 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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.14x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Ocean Conservation Trust Group remains financially strong, strategically focused, and operationally resilient across its three core programmes: Ocean Habitats, Ocean Advocacy, and Ocean Experiences. Despite economic and political uncertainties, we are positioned for sustainable growth, supported by robust financial management and a clear mandate for long-term ecological impact.”
Significant events
- “During the year the strong footfall figures translated into some excellent sales in the café and retail outlets. With an almost 10% increase on last year. We also delivered a very busy functions and events programme with a 44% increase in functions revenue.”
- “Our Ocean Experiences programme has achieved record visitor numbers at the National Marine Aquarium (NMA), the highest in 20 years, following a successful BBC TV series.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Charlotte Ellen | Director | 2014-06-19 | Sep 1977 | British |
| LAVERY, Joseph | Director | 2022-01-31 | Jan 1991 | British |
| LEWINS, Ken | Director | 2013-05-16 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRY, John Carmichael | Secretary | 1995-05-17 | 2007-11-23 |
| POTTS, Geoffrey William | Secretary | 1994-09-29 | 1995-05-17 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-29 | 1994-09-29 |
| ARSCOTT, Christopher Robin | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2015-09-14 |
| ASHWORTH, Henry William Howell | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2007-07-17 |
| BOOT, Kelvin John | Director | 2003-12-12 | 2008-03-31 |
| BOSTON, James Cairns | Director | 1995-05-17 | 2003-02-05 |
| BRADFORD, David Charles | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2023-03-23 |
| CALLEN, Andrew James | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2014-01-30 |
| FRY, John Carmichael | Director | 2001-03-09 | 2007-11-23 |
| FRY, John Carmichael | Director | 1995-05-17 | 1998-06-25 |
| FURNISS, Roger | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| GIBSON, David Robert, Dr | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-08-31 |
| HOWELS, Marlene Vanna | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2013-04-18 |
| LACEY, Bronwen Lynne | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2012-03-29 |
| LACEY, Bronwen Lynne | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| LAWRENCE, Greg | Director | 2019-03-21 | 2025-03-31 |
| LEECE, Michael Jeffrey | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2007-03-31 |
| LEGOOD, Timothy James | Director | 1994-09-29 | 1998-09-30 |
| MASLIN, Roger Michael Eckersley | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Olivia Anne | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2025-03-31 |
| ORCHARD, Mervyn John | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2024-09-27 |
| PEARSON, Michael Kenneth | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2006-09-22 |
| POTTS, Geoffrey William | Director | 1994-09-29 | 1997-12-02 |
| PRIDDEN, David Lawrence | Director | 2006-09-22 | 2014-04-11 |
| ROBERTSON, Andrew | Director | 2007-04-16 | 2009-07-31 |
| ROUSELL, Stephen Patrick | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2017-09-21 |
| STEVENS, Peter Michael Collinson | Director | 1995-05-17 | 2002-07-31 |
| BRONWEN LYNNE LACEY | Corporate Director | 2005-09-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-09-29 | 1994-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Conservation Trust Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-22 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+15.4%
£1,355,389 £1,563,561
-
Cash
+171.8%
£191,044 £519,302
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£132,156 £128,003
-
Employees
+28%
125 160
-
Operating profit
-3.6%
£115,102 £110,949
-
Profit before tax
-3.6%
£115,102 £110,949
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