Oil Spill Response Limited
Registered name: OIL SPILL RESPONSE LIMITED
Oil Spill Response Limited made £87m revenue and a £977k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Oil Spill Response Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £87m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £977k and 300 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £100m | £102m | £87m |
| Cost of sales | −£81m | −£87m | −£75.1m |
| Gross profit | £19.1m | £14.7m | £11.9m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £5.8m | −£344k |
| Profit before tax | £5.5m | £7.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £273k | £6m | −£977k |
| Profit (best available) | £273k | £6m | −£977k |
| Employees (average) | 277 | 291 | 300 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 5.9% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £361k | £350k | £290k |
| Profit per employee | £986 | £20.8k | −£3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2115% | ▼116.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £290k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 300
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Oil Spill Response (Capping) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£977k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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