OTC DIRECT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+21.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£64M
-1.1% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£32M
+0.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OTC DIRECT LIMITED 1996-04-04 → present
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2139) LIMITED 1995-10-27 → 1996-04-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £537,700,000 | £561,200,000 | |
| Operating profit | £30,800,000 | £30,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £32,200,000 | £32,300,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,800,000 | £24,300,000 | |
| Cash | £1,900,000 | £2,300,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,400,000 | £65,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £64,200,000 | £63,500,000 | |
| Equity | £64,200,000 | £63,500,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.7% | 45.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.4% | 56.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | 308.00x | 150.00x |
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)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has net current assets, generates positive cash flows and expects this to continue in future periods. Therefore the Directors have assessed that there is no material uncertainty surrounding the going concern of the entity. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZACHARIOU, Elena | Secretary | 2026-01-16 | — | — |
| GORSUCH, Richard | Director | 2023-02-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| JEREMIASSE, Johannes Diederik | Director | 2024-01-22 | Jun 1979 | Dutch |
| PATEL, Sachiv | Director | 2023-09-01 | Sep 1984 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, Gillian Marie | Secretary | 2000-03-24 | 2001-06-27 |
| GOODENOUGH, Adrian John | Secretary | 1996-03-26 | 2001-06-27 |
| MASSART, Lucie Charlotte | Secretary | 2018-06-15 | 2026-01-16 |
| STANDISH, Frank | Secretary | 2008-04-18 | 2018-06-15 |
| AU COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2008-04-18 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-27 | 1996-03-26 |
| BARKWILL, Heather | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2018-03-01 |
| COOPER, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 1996-03-26 | 2004-07-29 |
| DE POMMEREAU, Guillaume Louis, Ignale, Marie | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2013-09-30 |
| DEPAU, Alexandro | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2019-04-05 |
| DONOVAN, John Joseph | Director | 1996-06-26 | 2013-06-04 |
| EPPS, Nicholas John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-07-02 |
| ETHERINGTON, Christopher | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2003-03-31 |
| EVANS, Marie Louise | Director | 2019-04-04 | 2023-09-01 |
| FAIRWEATHER, George Rollo | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2004-08-25 |
| FOREMAN, Anthony David | Director | 1996-03-26 | 2018-12-21 |
| FORSTER JONES, Paul | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2009-03-31 |
| GUERRA, Juan Jose Ricardo | Director | 2013-08-20 | 2017-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Jeffery Francis | Director | 1996-03-26 | 2003-04-09 |
| HEBBLETHWAITE, Peter | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2004-12-06 |
| KER, Alan Graeme | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2008-02-29 |
| PEREZ FRANCES, Carlos Sebastian | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2024-02-01 |
| REEVE, Robert Arthur | Nominee Director | 1995-10-27 | 1996-03-26 |
| RIVAS, Pablo Cortes | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2024-11-14 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1995-10-27 | 1996-03-26 |
| TASSONE, Gianluigi Sergio | Director | 2019-04-08 | 2023-01-31 |
| TASSONE, Gianluigi Sergio | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| TOOBY, David Charles | Director | 2019-04-04 | 2024-11-14 |
| WORBOYS, Andrew Greville | Director | 2001-12-13 | 2010-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ah Uk Holdco 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-04-22 | Active |
| Alliance Boots Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+4.4%
£537,700,000 £561,200,000
-
Cash
+21.1%
£1,900,000 £2,300,000
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£64,200,000 £63,500,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-2.6%
£30,800,000 £30,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.3%
£32,200,000 £32,300,000
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