OCEAN PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-20 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
+19.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£131M
+14.2% vs 2023
Employees
134
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£30M
+52.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OCEAN PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-08-20 → present
- DWSCO 2544 LIMITED 2004-07-06 → 2004-08-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,066,014,826 | £3,514,329,874 | |
| Operating profit | £39,229,059 | £53,371,386 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,622,683 | £29,955,523 | |
| Net profit | £14,398,814 | £23,519,644 | |
| Cash | £19,441,067 | £23,179,392 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £118,140,845 | £134,257,228 | |
| Net assets | £114,917,717 | £131,277,242 | |
| Equity | £114,917,717 | £131,277,242 | |
| Average employees | 129 | 134 | |
| Wages | £11,820,608 | £19,940,697 |
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 | 1.3% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.2% | 39.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.0% | 92.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 0.69x | 0.83x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed that they have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence until at least 19 May 2026.”
Group structure
- OCEAN PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Ocean Partners UK Ltd. 100%
- Ocean Partners UK Trading Ltd. 100%
- Chemin Trading UK Limited 100%
- MK Metal Trading Holding II, S. A. P. I. de C. V. 100%
- Ocean Partners USA, Inc. 100%
- Ocean Partners Canada Ltd. 100%
- OPH Cyprus Ltd. 100%
- Ocean Partners Peru S. A. C. 100%
- MK Metal Resources, S. A. C. 100%
- MK Metal Trading Peru, S. A. C. 100%
- APN Tech, S. A. C. 100%
- MK Metal Basis, S. A. C. 100%
- Trading Partners Peru S. A. C. 8 100%
- Ocean Partners Australia Pty Ltd. 100%
- BHS Logistics B. V. 100%
- Ocean Partners Mexico, S. A. de C.V. 100%
- MK Metal Trading Mexico, S. A. de C.V. 100%
- MK Metal Trading GmbH 100%
- Ocean Partners Chile SpA 100%
- Erris Zinc Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the board made significant decisions including to bring external partners into its investments in Dore Copper and Shanoon Resources, to enable these projects to progress.”
- “The war in Ukraine continues to cause disruptions in global markets.”
- “The continued unrest in Gaza has presented shipping challenges to traffic going through the Suez Canal, but as of yet this has not had a significant effect on the business.”
- “On 31 December 2024, Cygnus Metals Limited ("Cygnus") acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Doré Copper Mining Corp ("Doré") by way of a share for share exchange. As a result, Doré ceased to be an associate of the group.”
- “In October 2024 SRL issued new share capital to third parties, which resulted in Ocean Partners UK Limited's shareholding being reduced to 35.57% (2023: 58%). As a result control was lost and SRL has been accounted for as an associate from this date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUERRA RAMIREZ, Roberto Armando | Secretary | 2025-06-12 | — | — |
| VAN HALDER, Koenraad Johan | Secretary | 2025-06-16 | — | — |
| BALL, Stephen John | Director | 2018-01-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| BOGICEVIC, Sinisa | Director | 2015-01-01 | Nov 1965 | Serbian |
| BURNETT, Devin | Director | 2015-05-12 | Nov 1977 | American |
| FOLEY, John Patrick | Director | 2020-12-08 | Jan 1967 | Irish |
| KODAGODA, Chamath Hemaka | Director | 2025-06-12 | Oct 1980 | Australian |
| OMLAND, Brent Raymond | Director | 2016-12-01 | Dec 1979 | Canadian |
| PATERSON, Alan Herbert | Director | 2004-09-27 | Mar 1961 | American |
| PILLAY, Siva Jothie | Director | 2007-05-31 | Feb 1963 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Stephen John | Secretary | 2016-12-01 | 2018-01-01 |
| FOLEY, John Patrick | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2024-01-15 |
| KODAGODA, Chamath Hemaka | Secretary | 2024-01-15 | 2025-06-12 |
| OMLAND, Brent Raymond | Secretary | 2014-06-27 | 2016-12-01 |
| PILLAY, Siva Jothie | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2014-06-26 |
| SMITH, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2004-09-28 | 2007-05-31 |
| VAN HALDER, Adrianus Andreas Everdina Maria | Secretary | 2004-08-23 | 2004-09-28 |
| DWS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-06 | 2004-08-23 |
| AKSENTIJEVIC, Dimitrije | Director | 2004-10-11 | 2014-12-31 |
| BECK, Jeffrey Howitt | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2024-01-15 |
| CIMOWSKY, William Walter | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2025-02-28 |
| PASTOR, Nelson | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2015-06-30 |
| ROSENHEIM, John Frank | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2007-04-23 |
| SMITH, Paul Anthony | Director | 2004-08-23 | 2012-06-07 |
| VAN HALDER, Adrianus Andreas Everdina Maria | Director | 2004-09-27 | 2023-02-28 |
| DWS DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2004-07-06 | 2004-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+14.6%
£3,066,014,826 £3,514,329,874
-
Cash
+19.2%
£19,441,067 £23,179,392
-
Net assets
+14.2%
£114,917,717 £131,277,242
-
Employees
+3.9%
129 134
-
Operating profit
+36.1%
£39,229,059 £53,371,386
-
Profit before tax
+52.7%
£19,622,683 £29,955,523
-
Wages
+68.7%
£11,820,608 £19,940,697
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