OLIVER JAMES ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£55K
+6.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-47.8% vs 2023
Employees
336
-16.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+1,915.9% vs 2023
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 | £102,776,320 | £80,190,755 | |
| Operating profit | £732,186 | £1,965,742 | |
| Profit before tax | £75,514 | £1,522,317 | |
| Net profit | -£388,315 | £1,011,836 | |
| Cash | £52,044 | £55,359 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,968,343 | £6,083,478 | |
| Net assets | £10,263,858 | £5,357,999 | |
| Equity | £10,263,858 | £5,357,999 | |
| Average employees | 401 | 336 | |
| Wages | £20,748,989 | £17,887,582 |
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 | 0.7% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 32.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 1.11x | 4.43x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- OLIVER JAMES ASSOCIATES LIMITED · parent
- Avencia Consulting Services Limited 81%
- Oliver James Associates SRL 82.5%
Significant events
- “Sale of an Italian Business: sale executed on 23 December 2024, and effective from 1 January 2025.”
- “Several overseas offices have relocated in financial year 2024.”
- “Oliver James Holdco LLC was incorporated in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE, Oliver Steven | Director | 2002-07-01 | May 1976 | British |
| WASE ROGERS, Nicholas James | Director | 2002-07-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEGG, Stephen | Secretary | 2002-05-27 | 2002-07-01 |
| WASE ROGERS, Melissa Jane | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2023-03-29 |
| DCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-05-27 | 2002-05-27 |
| CLEGG, Mary Clare | Director | 2002-05-27 | 2002-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver James Associates Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-01-13 | Active |
| Mr Oliver Steven Castle | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-13 |
| Mr Nicholas James Wase-Rogers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-22%
£102,776,320 £80,190,755
-
Cash
+6.4%
£52,044 £55,359
-
Net assets
-47.8%
£10,263,858 £5,357,999
-
Employees
-16.2%
401 336
-
Operating profit
+168.5%
£732,186 £1,965,742
-
Profit before tax
+1,915.9%
£75,514 £1,522,317
-
Wages
-13.8%
£20,748,989 £17,887,582
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