OPITO GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-20 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-18.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
-1.8% vs 2023
Employees
267
-6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£45K
-108.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- OPITO GROUP LIMITED 2023-01-23 → present
- OPITO STRATEGIC LIMITED 2010-01-06 → 2023-01-23
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 | £16,837,281 | £16,869,205 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,054,214 | -£1,427,695 | |
| Profit before tax | £525,367 | -£45,232 | |
| Net profit | £163,340 | -£319,082 | |
| Cash | £8,518,632 | £6,975,124 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,445,388 | £17,366,954 | |
| Net assets | £15,800,564 | £15,523,129 | |
| Equity | £15,800,564 | £15,523,129 | |
| Average employees | 284 | 267 | |
| Wages | £9,069,987 | £8,876,203 |
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 | -12.2% | -8.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.1% | -8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.3% | 22.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.82x | 3.93x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which demonstrate that the company has sufficient resources to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due throughout the forecast period. The directors have also considered the impact of reasonably foreseeable risks that may impact the financial performance of the company.”
Group structure
- OPITO GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Offshore Training Foundation 100%
- OPITO Limited 100%
- OPITO Training Management Limited 100%
- OPITO Enterprises Limited 100%
- OPITO Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd 100%
- OPITO International FZ LLC 100%
- OPITO International (Cyprus) Limited 100%
- OPITO LLC 100%
- OPITO (Qualifications) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 the focus on national energy security remained a dominant theme, alongside a steady recovery in registrations at OPITO-approved training centres. The continuing need to maintain and enhance the workforce skills to support ongoing operations has remained at consistent with 2023.”
- “In 2024, approximately 500,000 OPITO approved courses were completed.”
- “The average number of trainee apprentices managed by OPITO Training Management Limited decreased from 216 to 194 when compared with 2023 headcount numbers reflecting an average decrease in intakes in the years concerned.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOW, Darren | Secretary | 2017-06-07 | — | — |
| BALLARD, Gordon George Reid | Director | 2011-06-01 | Nov 1959 | British |
| HOLMAN, Gary | Director | 2015-09-07 | Feb 1963 | British |
| JONES, Stephen Marcos | Director | 2024-03-25 | Nov 1981 | British |
| RAFFERTY, Patrick Joseph | Director | 2026-04-05 | Apr 1957 | British |
| WHITEHOUSE, David Benjamin | Director | 2024-05-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RITCHIE, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2010-01-06 | 2017-06-07 |
| ABRAHAM, Matthew Arthur Leeming | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2020-08-17 |
| BOWYER, Michael Lewis | Director | 2010-05-11 | 2013-05-16 |
| CLYNE, Neil Kenneth | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2015-06-20 |
| DE LEEUW, Deirdre | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2018-03-07 |
| DOIG, David | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2017-01-01 |
| ELGIE, Graham Peter | Director | 2020-08-17 | 2024-05-01 |
| ELLINS, Martin | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2014-12-31 |
| GORDON, Graeme Ronald | Director | 2024-07-10 | 2025-05-12 |
| HODGSON, Roger | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2010-12-31 |
| HORGAN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2024-06-28 |
| MCDONALD, John | Director | 2017-06-27 | 2024-03-25 |
| TAYLOR, John Christie Watt | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2026-04-05 |
| WALLIS, David Michael | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| WEBB, Malcolm | Director | 2010-01-06 | 2015-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iadc North Sea Chapter | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-07 |
| Inter Union Offshore Oil Committee | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-07 |
| The Uk Offshore Energies Association Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+0.2%
£16,837,281 £16,869,205
-
Cash
-18.1%
£8,518,632 £6,975,124
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£15,800,564 £15,523,129
-
Employees
-6%
284 267
-
Operating profit
+30.5%
-£2,054,214 -£1,427,695
-
Profit before tax
-108.6%
£525,367 -£45,232
-
Wages
-2.1%
£9,069,987 £8,876,203
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