NCC OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-19 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-59% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+39.2% vs 2024
Employees
416
+1.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+0.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,592,099 | £37,966,802 | |
| Operating profit | £1,504,951 | £1,504,611 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,404,220 | £1,410,821 | |
| Net profit | £1,404,220 | £1,410,821 | |
| Cash | £3,459,486 | £1,419,431 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,997,438 | £5,320,659 | |
| Net assets | £3,597,438 | £5,008,259 | |
| Equity | £3,597,438 | £5,008,259 | |
| Average employees | 409 | 416 | |
| Wages | £20,554,538 | £22,458,168 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.1% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.97x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | 14.94x | 16.04x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In light of known and likely future market opportunities, the directors believe that the ongoing prospects for the NCC remain positive. The parent, University of Bristol, has confirmed that it will continue to provide the Company with financial support, as necessary, to enable the Company to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing this report and the financial statements. The University of Bristol has been informed that NCC will require continued funding and receive cashflow forecasts from NCC on demand to monitor the level of this requirement. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During 2025 the Company rebranded from National Composite Centre to NCC.”
- “As part of the expansion plan, the Company signed a new lease agreement on 14th November 2024 for offices and workshop space. The lease term is for 25 years with a material annual rental obligation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUCK, Mark Anthony | Secretary | 2023-03-31 | — | — |
| OLDFIELD, Richard | Director | 2018-09-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| ROSE, Tim | Director | 2019-05-14 | Mar 1979 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Kenneth | Secretary | 2022-09-08 | 2023-03-31 |
| MITCHELL, Kenneth | Secretary | 2011-11-16 | 2022-04-25 |
| WILLIAMS, Tom | Secretary | 2022-04-25 | 2022-09-07 |
| BRADSHAW, Neil, Dr | Director | 2010-07-05 | 2019-05-14 |
| CANAGARAJAH, Nishan | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2019-11-01 |
| CHIVERS, Peter John | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2018-07-31 |
| GRICE, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2017-10-31 |
| KERSE, Robert William | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2018-04-03 |
| NIELD, Andrew Simon | Director | 2010-07-05 | 2016-03-18 |
| SMERDON, Jason Cosmo | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2019-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Bristol | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+20.2%
£31,592,099 £37,966,802
-
Cash
-59%
£3,459,486 £1,419,431
-
Net assets
+39.2%
£3,597,438 £5,008,259
-
Employees
+1.7%
409 416
-
Operating profit
0%
£1,504,951 £1,504,611
-
Profit before tax
+0.5%
£1,404,220 £1,410,821
-
Wages
+9.3%
£20,554,538 £22,458,168
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