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ORCA BIDCO LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 09819731
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2015-10-12
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62090
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the letter of support received the directors are satisfied that, taking account of reasonably foreseeable changes in trading performance this Company is expected to have a sufficient level of financial resources available through trading and operations and with support provided by CA-MC Acquisitions Limited to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least the next 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and for this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- OpSec Security Group Ltd · 100% held · Great Britain · Holding Company
- OpSec Security Group Holdings (Europe) Ltd · 100% held · Great Britain · Holding Company
- OpSec Security Ltd · 100% held · Great Britain · Manufacturer of optical security products
- OpSec Security GmbH · 100% held · Germany · Provider of internet monitoring services
- OpSec Delta (HK) Ltd · 100% held · Hong Kong · Distribution of brand protection products
- OpSec Security Malta Ltd · 100% held · Malta · Distribution of high security products
- OpSec Online Ltd · 100% held · Great Britain · Internet monitoring services
- OpSec Online Aps · 100% held · Denmark · Internet monitoring services
- UAB OpSec Online · 100% held · Lithuania · Internet monitoring services
- OpSec Security Vietnam Company Limited · 100% held · Vietnam · Distribution of brand protection products
- OpSec Online India Private Limited · 100% held · India · Internet monitoring services and software development
- Shanghai OpSec Security Information Technology Co Limited · 100% held · China · Distribution of brand protection products and internet monitoring services
- OpSec Security Mozambique Limitada · 0.35% held · Mozambique · Distribution of government solutions products
Significant events
- “On 17 June 2024, the Company changed the financial year end date of the Company from 31 March to 31 December commencing from the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 December 2024 to align the financial year end date of the Company with that of the Group.”
- “On 3 May 2024 the Company and its subsidiaries was sold to CA-MC Acquisition UK Limited, a subsidiary of Crane NXT, a company incorporated in the United States of America, for a cash consideration of $270m.”
- “In May 2024 subsidiary entities within OpSec Security Group Limited ("OSGL") (a wholly owned subsidiary of Orca Bidco Limited) were sold to Crane NXT for consideration of $190m.”
- “As part of the structure of this sale, Orca received a dividend from OSGL of $114,418,000 to settle the intercompany loan made to Orca from CA-MC Acquisition UK Limited and paid a divided to CA-MC Acquisition UK Limited of $26,772,000. In addition a further dividend was declared by OSGL to Orca of $17,575,000 but not paid and set-off against an existing payable from Orca to OSGL.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIMBLE, Sandra Kate | Secretary | 2026-04-23 | — | — |
| CRISTIANO, Christina | Director | 2024-05-03 | Jun 1972 | American |
| KEAYES, Samuel George | Director | 2024-05-03 | Jun 1974 | British |
| SAAK, Aaron | Director | 2024-05-03 | Aug 1973 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGUS, Michael William | Secretary | 2020-04-17 | 2020-09-17 |
| CURRIE, Michael John | Secretary | 2025-04-24 | 2026-04-23 |
| DEW, Beverley Edward John | Secretary | 2024-05-31 | 2025-04-24 |
| DEW, Beverley Edward John | Secretary | 2020-09-17 | 2024-05-03 |
| ANGUS, Michael William | Director | 2016-02-19 | 2020-04-17 |
| BEN-GACEM, Hazem | Director | 2015-10-12 | 2020-11-30 |
| CREMONA, Richard Stewart | Director | 2017-06-22 | 2020-07-16 |
| DEW, Beverley Edward John | Director | 2020-09-17 | 2024-05-03 |
| FULLER, Richard Quentin | Director | 2017-06-22 | 2022-07-07 |
| KAMIENIECKY, Gilbert Benjamin | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2024-05-03 |
| KNOFLACH, Georg | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2020-07-16 |
| MINOLI, Federico | Director | 2017-06-22 | 2024-05-03 |
| SELVARATNAM, Selva, Dr | Director | 2020-02-14 | 2024-05-03 |
| VEZZOLI, Roberta | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2024-05-03 |
| VEZZOLI, Roberta | Director | 2016-02-19 | 2019-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ca Mc Acquisition Uk | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-14 | Active |
| Orca Midco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-28 | Ceased 2024-05-14 |
| Orca Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2026-04-28 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2026-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-05-02 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-02 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2024-06-10 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-05-09 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-05-09 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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