OSBORNE CLARKE SERVICES
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Confirmation statement due
2027-05-09 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-24.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£215K
+6,076.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,320
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+8.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OSBORNE CLARKE SERVICES 1995-08-18 → present
- OVAL (998) 1995-07-28 → 1995-08-18
- OVAL (998) LIMITED 1995-04-25 → 1995-07-28
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 | £109,149,685 | £118,994,045 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £3,175,401 | £3,454,793 | |
| Net profit | £2,381,553 | £2,591,095 | |
| Cash | £7,920,911 | £5,975,738 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,474 | £214,569 | |
| Equity | £3,474 | £214,569 | |
| Average employees | 1,278 | 1,320 | |
| Wages | £90,500,724 | £98,406,218 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.03x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future as discussed further in note 2 to the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURCH, Lara Frances Michelle | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1971 | British |
| DAVIES, Conrad Charles | Director | 2023-01-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-04-25 | 2022-05-11 |
| BERG, Raymond Jeremy | Director | 2015-01-14 | 2023-01-01 |
| BESWICK, Simon Andrew | Director | 1996-09-30 | 2015-01-14 |
| BIRT, Timothy David | Director | 1995-07-05 | 2014-03-03 |
| BROWN, Sandra | Director | 1995-07-05 | 2009-07-30 |
| BULL, Christopher Allen | Director | 1996-10-15 | 2009-02-06 |
| CLOUGH, Peter | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| COOK, Patrick Donald | Director | 1995-07-05 | 2007-05-31 |
| CURLING, Christopher John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| EVANS, Charles Byron | Director | 1995-07-05 | 1999-04-30 |
| JONES, David Nigel Tunstall | Director | 1995-07-05 | 1996-10-15 |
| LAMBERT, Roy Jefferson | Director | 1995-07-05 | 2007-04-30 |
| PERRIN, Leslie Charles | Director | 1995-07-05 | 2006-05-26 |
| SAUL, Andrew John | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2022-01-01 |
| SIMON, Jeremy Paul | Director | 1995-07-05 | 1996-09-30 |
| SMERDON, Richard William | Director | 1995-07-05 | 1996-01-01 |
| WOMERSLEY, Mark Richard Arthur | Director | 2004-02-26 | 2009-11-25 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-04-25 | 1995-07-05 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-04-25 | 1995-07-05 |
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 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-06-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+9%
£109,149,685 £118,994,045
-
Cash
-24.6%
£7,920,911 £5,975,738
-
Net assets
+6,076.4%
£3,474 £214,569
-
Employees
+3.3%
1,278 1,320
-
Profit before tax
+8.8%
£3,175,401 £3,454,793
-
Wages
+8.7%
£90,500,724 £98,406,218
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