ORANGE BUSINESS HOLDINGS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-01 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£36M
+32.4% vs 2023
Employees
368
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-519.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ORANGE BUSINESS HOLDINGS UK LIMITED 2007-11-27 → present
- EQUANT HOLDINGS UK LIMITED 1997-07-10 → 2007-11-27
- SCITOR HOLDINGS UK LIMITED 1995-09-15 → 1997-07-10
- DREAMBOOST LIMITED 1995-04-28 → 1995-09-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £138,822,000 | £118,777,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,133,000 | -£4,734,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,133,000 | -£4,754,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,015,000 | £651,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,725,000 | £43,939,000 | |
| Net assets | £26,855,000 | £35,543,000 | |
| Equity | £26,855,000 | £35,543,000 | |
| Average employees | 386 | 368 | |
| Wages | £36,749,000 | £38,324,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | -4.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -10.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.4% | 64.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.23x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 2.40x | -6.35x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors concluded the company does not face any material risks and has access to adequate resources to continue in operation for at least 12 months from approval of the financial statements. They are confident the company has sufficient funds to meet its liabilities and prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ORANGE BUSINESS HOLDINGS UK LIMITED · parent
- Orange Business UK Limited 100%
- Equant Istanbul Telekom Anonim Sirketi 0.63%
- Orange Business Arabia LLC 5%
- Equant Morocco Inc 0.01%
- Orange Business Services UAE FZCO 5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERRON, Lisa | Secretary | 2023-12-04 | — | — |
| DUTREIX, Jean-Bertrand | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jul 1975 | French |
| RANYARD, Simon James | Director | 2022-04-12 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHILLON, Tarsem | Secretary | 2009-02-10 | 2022-06-30 |
| FERRON, Magali Annick Marie Noelle | Secretary | 2006-09-01 | 2007-12-19 |
| GOMES, Martine | Secretary | 2007-12-19 | 2009-02-10 |
| MOWAT, Charles | Secretary | 2007-05-25 | 2011-09-30 |
| ROSS, David | Secretary | 1995-07-11 | 2006-08-31 |
| SHARPE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2022-06-30 | 2023-12-04 |
| SOLANKE, Ibiyemi | Secretary | 2011-12-08 | 2021-09-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-04-28 | 1995-07-11 |
| ALLKINS, John Stephen | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1997-09-23 |
| BLACKMON, Maxie Willis | Director | 1995-07-11 | 1997-09-11 |
| BRADY, Glenda Maria, Ms. | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2022-04-11 |
| BRYANT, Laurence Steven | Director | 2004-02-27 | 2007-05-25 |
| DELEPINE, Didier Jean Claude | Director | 1995-07-11 | 2003-01-20 |
| DHILLON, Tarsem | Director | 2010-01-25 | 2010-03-29 |
| FORD, Howard | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2004-02-27 |
| GAVIN, Tom | Director | 2020-10-30 | 2021-05-19 |
| GILSTRAP, Douglas Lane | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2001-02-08 |
| GRENVILLE, Colin John | Director | 1996-01-17 | 1997-06-20 |
| GUILLAUMOT, Yves | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2012-08-31 |
| KENEALY, Mark | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2015-03-12 |
| LALANNE, Claude Jacques | Director | 1995-07-11 | 1997-09-11 |
| MC FADZEN, Andrew Ian | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2010-01-25 |
| MOYER, Mark David | Director | 2003-01-20 | 2004-02-27 |
| PRIEST, William James Alexander | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2007-09-17 |
| ROMANO, Lorenzo | Director | 2017-05-09 | 2020-10-30 |
| ROSS, David | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2006-08-31 |
| SPANG, Detlef | Director | 2004-02-27 | 2004-09-03 |
| VAN DEN EYNDE, Kristiaan | Director | 2007-11-27 | 2025-12-31 |
| WILLCOCK, Robert Scott | Director | 2015-03-06 | 2017-05-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-04-28 | 1995-07-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-12 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-14.4%
£138,822,000 £118,777,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+32.4%
£26,855,000 £35,543,000
-
Employees
-4.7%
386 368
-
Operating profit
-517.8%
£1,133,000 -£4,734,000
-
Profit before tax
-519.6%
£1,133,000 -£4,754,000
-
Wages
+4.3%
£36,749,000 £38,324,000
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