OCTOPUS MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
Cash
£16M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-18
- OCTOPUS MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 2025-11-18 → present
- VIRGIN MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 2002-02-04 → 2025-11-18
- VIRGIN DIRECT UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED 1996-05-17 → 2002-02-04
- VIRGIN DIRECT PERSONAL FINANCIAL SERVICE LIMITED 1995-01-05 → 1996-05-17
- SPEED 4720 LIMITED 1994-12-12 → 1995-01-05
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,977,000 | £28,956,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,816,000 | -£5,057,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,168,000 | -£4,451,000 | |
| Net profit | -£880,000 | -£4,326,000 | |
| Cash | £22,333,000 | £15,510,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £20,588,000 | £16,262,000 | |
| 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 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.9% | -17.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.8% | -14.9% |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months from the date the annual report and financial statements are authorised for issue, and that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. Accordingly, the financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025 have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- OCTOPUS MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED · parent
- Virgin Money Nominees Limited 100%
- Virgin Money Trustee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following its acquisition of Virgin Money, Nationwide conducted a strategic review of the Company and concluded that while it is an attractive business, the Company is likely to have stronger growth prospects under a new owner with greater strategic alignment. Accordingly, Nationwide has initiated a process to explore a potential sale of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 80 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-11-30 | — | — |
| HYNES, Simon Andrew | Director | 2024-03-11 | Nov 1968 | British |
| MARSH, Daniel | Director | 2025-11-30 | Jul 1991 | British |
| MILNE, Richard John | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| MOORE, Paula Marion | Director | 2024-04-16 | Jun 1963 | British |
| TITTERTON, Paul James | Director | 2025-11-30 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 80 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Joshua | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2007-03-01 |
| FITZPATRICK, Jasan | Secretary | 2012-02-16 | 2012-05-23 |
| GERRARD, Barry Alexander Ralph | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2012-02-16 |
| GRAM, Peter Gerardus | Secretary | 2000-03-17 | 2006-08-31 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1996-03-08 | 2000-03-17 |
| MACLEAN, Jennifer Marion | Secretary | 2025-08-08 | 2025-11-30 |
| MARSHALL, Katie Jane | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2019-03-01 |
| MCMILLAN, Lorna Forsyth | Secretary | 2019-03-01 | 2021-10-22 |
| PARKER, David Ernest | Secretary | 1995-01-03 | 1995-05-03 |
| PEARSON, Kye | Secretary | 2021-10-22 | 2022-06-17 |
| PEARSON, William Stephen | Secretary | 2012-05-23 | 2013-10-01 |
| SENIOR, Karen | Secretary | 2022-06-20 | 2025-08-08 |
| WHITE, Alastair David | Secretary | 1995-05-04 | 1996-02-07 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-12 | 1995-05-13 |
| ABBOTT, Trevor Michael | Director | 1995-05-03 | 1997-12-09 |
| ANDERSON, Philip John | Director | 2000-03-17 | 2001-10-31 |
| BATCHELOR, Paul John | Director | 1999-11-05 | 2002-10-21 |
| BOLE, Peter Douglas | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2019-02-26 |
| BOWKER, Steven Richard | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2001-11-30 |
| BRANSON, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir | Director | 1994-12-16 | 2004-05-06 |
| BRUCE, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2020-09-29 | 2022-06-30 |
| BYRNE, Jonathan Lee | Director | 2021-05-24 | 2025-07-01 |
| CHATER, Hugh Leathley | Director | 2019-08-15 | 2024-04-09 |
| CLEGG, Simon John | Director | 1998-11-18 | 1999-10-13 |
| CLIFFORD, Robert Martin | Director | 2009-02-12 | 2009-05-08 |
| CREESE, Neville Charles | Director | 1997-04-23 | 1998-01-21 |
| DUFFY, David Joseph | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2019-07-31 |
| DYER, David Norman | Director | 2007-08-16 | 2010-02-22 |
| EVANS, Darrell Paul | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2015-12-09 |
| FAIRMAN, Richard William Mark | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2007-07-25 |
| FENNESSY, Sinead Aine | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2020-09-29 |
| GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2018-10-15 |
| GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | Director | 2007-03-30 | 2009-02-12 |
| GADHIA, Jayne-Anne | Director | 1994-12-16 | 2001-07-27 |
| GORMAN, William Richard | Director | 1998-08-12 | 2002-10-21 |
| GORMLEY, Rowan | Director | 1994-12-16 | 2000-02-11 |
| GRACE, Adrian Thomas | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2019-02-27 |
| HODGKINSON, Mark Philip | Director | 2003-07-09 | 2007-06-04 |
| HULL, Gordon Robert | Director | 2016-05-06 | 2017-01-24 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Thomas | Director | 1999-11-05 | 2000-09-09 |
| KEOGH, Colin Denis | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2018-10-15 |
| KING, Michael David | Director | 1997-04-23 | 1999-08-25 |
| LARKIN, Ian David | Director | 2002-04-18 | 2005-07-01 |
| LEEMING, Simon Edward | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2007-09-14 |
| LYALL, Grant Alexander | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2017-01-24 |
| MARTIN, Marian Macdonald | Director | 2007-08-22 | 2019-01-01 |
| MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2004-05-05 |
| MELLER, Craig Duncan | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2001-07-25 |
| MOODY, Annette Sheila | Director | 2005-11-15 | 2007-07-31 |
| MORENO, Glen Richard | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2018-03-31 |
| MOUILLE, David Patrick Denis Marie | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2024-04-02 |
| MURPHY, Fergus John | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2024-04-02 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 1995-05-03 | 2000-09-09 |
| PARKER, Mark Ashley | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2015-09-23 |
| PATRIZI, Allegra Cristina | Director | 2024-04-10 | 2024-10-28 |
| PESTER, Paul David, Doctor | Director | 1999-07-09 | 2005-07-01 |
| PHIBBS, Mary Catherine | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2024-07-02 |
| POPE, Darren Scott | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2019-10-24 |
| RAMSAY, Roger Bryan Pointer | Director | 1994-12-16 | 1996-02-02 |
| RHODES, Christopher Stuart | Director | 2024-10-29 | 2025-11-30 |
| RUSSELL, Roland John | Director | 2009-05-22 | 2011-08-31 |
| SCHWARTZ, Jonathan Eliot | Director | 1996-02-02 | 1998-08-12 |
| SCOTT, Julie Frances | Director | 2019-12-13 | 2020-12-04 |
| SCOTT, Philip Gordon | Director | 1994-12-16 | 1996-02-02 |
| SELBY, Mark Edward | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2012-03-01 |
| SELBY, Mark Edward | Director | 2011-11-09 | 2012-02-16 |
| SKELLERN, Jodie | Director | 1996-09-16 | 1997-09-09 |
| SMITH, Ian Stuart | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2020-10-14 |
| TAYLOR, David Jonathan | Director | 2020-09-29 | 2024-04-30 |
| THOMPSON, Trevor James | Director | 1998-08-12 | 2000-11-23 |
| THUNDERCLIFFE, Mark John | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-08-28 |
| TRUMBULL III, George Rea | Director | 1996-02-02 | 1999-09-24 |
| TU, Thi Nhuoc Lan | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2021-05-24 |
| TYLER, William Ker | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2005-09-08 |
| WADE, Timothy Cardwell | Director | 2001-01-11 | 2002-10-14 |
| WATSON, Anthony | Director | 1996-07-24 | 1998-08-12 |
| WEMYSS, Stuart Russell | Director | 2020-12-08 | 2024-04-02 |
| WILLIAMSON, Finlay Ferguson | Director | 2010-02-22 | 2014-04-15 |
| WOOD, Antony Michael | Director | 1994-12-16 | 1998-03-25 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-12-12 | 1994-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opv 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-30 | Active |
| Clydesdale Bank Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-10 | Ceased 2025-11-30 |
| Abrdn Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-31 | Ceased 2024-06-24 |
| Virgin Money Holdings (Uk) Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 413 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-18 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-11-18 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2025-11-18 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-18 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-11-18 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2025-11-18 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31