SPENCER OGDEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+79.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
+14.6% vs 2023
Employees
184
-27.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-36.1% 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 | £156,830,000 | £143,933,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,271,000 | £3,042,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,575,000 | £2,286,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,521,000 | £1,415,000 | |
| Cash | £2,760,000 | £4,949,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,611,000 | £15,419,000 | |
| Net assets | £12,980,000 | £14,879,000 | |
| Equity | £12,980,000 | £14,879,000 | |
| Average employees | 254 | 184 | |
| Wages | £22,365,000 | £17,664,000 |
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 | 2.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.4% | 19.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.6% | 56.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 6.07x | 3.99x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Group's and Company's ability to adopt a going concern basis of accounting. In coming to their conclusion, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 18 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Directors forecasts demonstrate that the Group is expected to generate profits and cash in the year ending 31 December 2025 and beyond and that the Group has sufficient cash reserves and banking facilities to enable the Group to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 18 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPENCER OGDEN LIMITED · parent
- Spencer Ogden International Limited* 100%
- Spencer Ogden International Limited – Taiwan Branch 100%
- Spencer Ogden Inc 100%
- Spencer Ogden Pte Ltd 100%
- Spencer Ogden Consulting Sdn Bhd 49%
- Agensi Pekerjaan Spencer Ogden Sdn Bhd 49%
- Spencer Ogden (Hong Kong) Ltd 100%
- Spencer Ogden (Canada) Ltd (Dormant) 100%
- Spencer Ogden (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (dormant) 100%
- Spencer Ogden (Australia) Pty Ltd 100%
- Spencer Ogden (Germany) GmbH 100%
- Spencer Ogden Consulting Ltd (dormant) 100%
- Spencer Ogden Manpower Consulting (Shanghai) Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group saw a continuation of an adjustment in the permanent recruitment market following a period of high demand and as a result, there was a rationalisation of sales consultants in line with market demand, principally in the permanent placement market. The contract recruitment market also experienced a small decline in 2024. This slowdown was attributed to factors like tight labour markets, high interest rates, and geopolitical uncertainties.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE LUSIGNAN, Henry | Director | 2023-09-28 | Oct 1986 | American |
| PHILLIPS, Catherine | Director | 2020-07-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELD, Sally Ann, Group Finance Director | Secretary | 2013-06-07 | 2014-04-25 |
| MAWANI, Poonam | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2013-06-07 |
| MORRIS, Gregory Thomas | Secretary | 2015-08-07 | 2024-12-23 |
| SEGEL, Stephen | Secretary | 2014-04-25 | 2015-08-06 |
| LEWINGTON, Bradley | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2023-07-26 |
| MORRIS, Gregory Thomas | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2024-12-23 |
| OGDEN, Peter James, Sir | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2020-02-03 |
| SPENCER-PERCIVAL, Bonita Yvonne | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2017-05-15 |
| SPENCER-PERCIVAL, David | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2020-02-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Bidco 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-03 | Active |
| Mr David Spencer Percival | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-03 |
| Sir Peter James Ogden | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-8.2%
£156,830,000 £143,933,000
-
Cash
+79.3%
£2,760,000 £4,949,000
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£12,980,000 £14,879,000
-
Employees
-27.6%
254 184
-
Operating profit
-28.8%
£4,271,000 £3,042,000
-
Profit before tax
-36.1%
£3,575,000 £2,286,000
-
Wages
-21%
£22,365,000 £17,664,000
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