CAMBRIDGE OCR
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£57M
-25.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£111M
-6.7% vs 2024
Employees
524
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CAMBRIDGE OCR 2025-08-26 → present
- OXFORD CAMBRIDGE AND RSA EXAMINATIONS 1997-12-16 → 2025-08-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,200,000 | £84,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £14,500,000 | £7,100,000 | |
| Cash | £77,000,000 | £57,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £118,500,000 | £110,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £118,500,000 | £110,600,000 | |
| Equity | £118,500,000 | £110,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 535 | 524 | |
| Wages | £22,900,000 | £22,200,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 16.6% | 8.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.20x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date on which the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CAMBRIDGE OCR · parent
- RSA Examinations Board 100%
- The West Midlands Examinations Board 100%
- OCR Nationals 100%
Significant events
- “Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations was renamed Cambridge OCR from 26 August 2025 to better reflect its identity as part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment.”
- “In March 2025 the Government confirmed its plans to develop criteria for the new GCSE in Natural History.”
- “In September 2024 Cambridge OCR published Striking the Balance, an extensive review of 11-16 curriculum and assessment in England, chaired by former Education Secretary Charles Clarke.”
- “In February 2025, Cambridge OCR looked more specifically at GCSE Maths, and the lack of support for students who do not achieve the grade 4 that is considered a 'standard pass'.”
- “In August 2024, Cambridge OCR issued results to almost 600,000 students in qualifications including GCSES, A levels, AS levels, Cambridge Nationals and Cambridge Technicals.”
- “In 2024 Cambridge OCR continued to work with schools and colleges to strengthen cybersecurity arrangements and maintain the confidentiality of question papers.”
- “In September 2025, Jill Duffy stepped down and Myles McGinley became the Managing Director of Cambridge OCR.”
- “These large decreases [in emissions] are mainly due to the relocation of Cambridge OCR's main office in Coventry from Progress House to Bourn in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Fiona Margaret | Secretary | 2023-11-23 | — | — |
| BELL, David Charles Maurice, Sir | Director | 2017-09-26 | Sep 1946 | British |
| BENNISON, Katherine Nicole, Professor | Director | 2022-10-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| BOYLE, Sally Ann, Ms. | Director | 2023-03-28 | Jul 1961 | British |
| JORDAN, Andrew Mark | Director | 2020-09-17 | Oct 1971 | British |
| KENNEDY, Christopher James | Director | 2017-09-26 | Feb 1945 | British |
| MACHADO, Orlando Antonio, Dr | Director | 2020-09-17 | May 1972 | British |
| ODGERS, Anthony Louis | Director | 2017-09-26 | Sep 1967 | British |
| PARTINGTON, Richard John | Director | 2007-07-19 | Jun 1969 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Peter Andrew Jestyn | Director | 2017-09-26 | May 1962 | British |
| RADHAKRISHNAN, Radhika Dilruha | Director | 2020-09-17 | Jan 1971 | British |
| SCOTT, Jonathan Willoughby | Director | 2020-04-28 | May 1956 | British |
| TAYLOR-MARTIN, Susan Charlotte | Director | 2020-12-22 | Dec 1963 | American |
| VIRA, Bhaskar, Professor | Director | 2024-03-01 | Jul 1967 | Indian |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS, Martin Francis | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| ELLIOT, Jennifer | Secretary | 2018-09-26 | 2023-11-15 |
| KNIGHT, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2000-11-01 | 2018-09-21 |
| MCKAY, David Alan | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2000-10-31 |
| PALMER, Derrick William | Secretary | 1997-12-16 | 1998-09-30 |
| ARMSTRONG, Kenneth Andrew, Professor | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2022-10-01 |
| BADGER, Anthony John, Professor | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| BELL, Teresa Margaret | Director | 1998-03-18 | 1999-12-01 |
| BORYSIEWICZ, Leszek Krzysztof, Professor Sir | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2017-09-26 |
| BRAGG, Valerie Patricia | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2005-12-31 |
| BROWN, Gillian | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2004-09-01 |
| COUTU, Sherry Leigh, Cbe | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2018-12-12 |
| DERHAM, Patrick Sibley Jan | Director | 2008-01-04 | 2011-01-05 |
| ELLIOTT, Ed Charles | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2017-09-26 |
| GODDARD, Peter, Professor | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2003-09-25 |
| GOOD, David Arthur, Doctor | Director | 2008-01-17 | 2017-09-26 |
| GOOD, David Arthur, Doctor | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2002-12-19 |
| GORDON-PICKING, Bruce | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2017-09-26 |
| GRAY, John Michael | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2013-12-31 |
| GREENHALGH, Richard Cecil | Director | 1999-09-23 | 2001-09-13 |
| GROVES, Adrian | Director | 2000-09-21 | 2003-06-19 |
| GUY, John James, Dr | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2010-07-31 |
| HALL, Denise Elizabeth | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2017-09-26 |
| HALSTEAD, Michael Peter, Dr | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2002-05-03 |
| HAWKINS, John, Professor | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2008-01-01 |
| HEPPLE, Bob Alexander, Professor | Director | 1997-12-16 | 1997-12-31 |
| HERON, Michael Gilbert, Sir | Director | 1998-03-18 | 1999-06-03 |
| HOLDSWORTH, Charles Richard | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2001-09-13 |
| HUM, Christopher Owen, Sir | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2012-09-30 |
| KEELER, James Henry, Dr | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2017-09-26 |
| KELLEHER, Patricia Mary | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2008-01-01 |
| LEAKE, John Antony, Dr | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2011-12-31 |
| LEBUS, Simon David | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2018-04-13 |
| LOCKWOOD, Roy | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2001-09-13 |
| MANSFIELD, David Jonathan | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2013-04-30 |
| MARTINEAU, Richard Makepeace | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2009-12-31 |
| MASKELL, Duncan John, Professor | Director | 2017-09-26 | 2018-07-31 |
| NASSE, Saul Edward | Director | 2018-04-13 | 2021-08-01 |
| NEELY, Andrew David, Professor | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| PARKS, Geoffrey Thomas, Dr | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2005-08-12 |
| POUNTAIN, Christopher John | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2003-12-31 |
| PRAGER, Richard William, Professor | Director | 2015-07-27 | 2023-03-01 |
| PRETTY, Katherine Bridget, Dr | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2013-09-30 |
| PRYCE, Ian Michael | Director | 2013-07-29 | 2017-09-26 |
| RALLISON, John Martin, Professor | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| REID, Andrew Michael | Director | 2006-05-18 | 2017-09-26 |
| ROBINSON, Peter, Professor | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2002-03-21 |
| ROBINSON, Suzanne Diana | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2000-03-02 |
| ROWLAND, Charles Keith | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2001-09-13 |
| RUNCIMAN, David Walter | Director | 2017-09-26 | 2020-09-17 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Kenneth Stanley, Professor | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2009-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Timothy Malcolm | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2004-07-31 |
| TEMPLE, Michael Nicholas Fraser | Director | 2017-09-26 | 2021-08-01 |
| THOMAS, Annette Christina | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2020-02-04 |
| THOMAS, Trevor Charles | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2000-12-07 |
| VIRGO, Graham, Professor | Director | 2018-09-26 | 2022-10-01 |
| WHITE, Nicholas James, Dr | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2017-09-26 |
| WILLIAMS, John Peter | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2019-12-03 |
| WOMACK, Joanna Mary | Director | 1997-12-16 | 2006-09-30 |
| YOUNG, Stephen John, Prof | Director | 2014-01-28 | 2016-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-26 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-08-26 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2025-08-26 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-08-26 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2025-08-26 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-02-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
-3.2%
£87,200,000 £84,400,000
-
Cash
-25.5%
£77,000,000 £57,400,000
-
Net assets
-6.7%
£118,500,000 £110,600,000
-
Employees
-2.1%
535 524
-
Wages
-3.1%
£22,900,000 £22,200,000
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