OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES TRADING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As of 31 March 2025, the balance sheet reflects a net asset position of £2.9m (2024: £1.8m) and the liquidity of ODSTL remains healthy with a cash balance of £4.1m (2024: £2m). ODSTL has access to overdraft from OCC Group. The directors consider it appropriate for the going concern basis to be adopted.”
Significant events
- “Salix funding granted on 2 separate occasions across 2024 – 2025, allowing the business to specify further carbon reduction measures across ODS premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADENIRAN, Adedolapo | Secretary | 2025-02-03 | — | — |
| CONCANNON, Paul James | Director | 2025-07-30 | Jun 1966 | British |
| HOOK, Thomas Edward | Director | 2022-06-29 | Feb 1979 | British |
| HOWICK, Simon | Director | 2017-12-18 | Feb 1969 | British |
| JONES, Raymond David | Director | 2025-03-20 | May 1980 | British |
| ROBINSON, Catherine Jane | Director | 2024-08-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| TOWNER, James Christopher | Director | 2025-03-20 | Jan 1971 | British |
| URWIN, Christopher John | Director | 2024-10-28 | Sep 1971 | British |
| WALKER, Lucy | Director | 2025-03-20 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANE, Lindsay David | Secretary | 2017-04-10 | 2024-11-28 |
| BATH, Aled Spencer James | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2019-12-13 |
| BOURTON, Graham John | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2017-10-31 |
| BROWN, Justine Maria Parker | Director | 2019-07-26 | 2021-01-13 |
| BUDDE, Gregor | Director | 2022-01-06 | 2024-01-16 |
| CURTIS, David | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2024-04-19 |
| GABRIEL, Stephen | Director | 2021-10-13 | 2022-06-29 |
| LUBBOCK, Jane Susan | Director | 2022-01-06 | 2022-12-12 |
| PRIDHAM, Catherine | Director | 2019-07-26 | 2025-01-31 |
| SADLER, Timothy Paul | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2024-09-14 |
| SCOTT, Anne-Marie | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2025-04-30 |
| SLOMAN, Peter Lionel | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2017-06-01 |
| WHITWELL, Michael | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Ian | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2021-10-15 |
| YATES, Jacqueline Fay | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2018-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford City Council | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-01 | Ceased 2018-04-01 |
| Oxford City Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one