Oil Brokerage Limited
Registered name: OIL BROKERAGE LIMITED
Part of Bgc Group Inc groupOil Brokerage Limited made £122m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Oil Brokerage Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £122m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “OTC Europe Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £63.7m | £76.9m | £114m | £122m |
| Cost of sales | £40.4m | £56.5m | £80.8m | £86.7m |
| Gross profit | £23.3m | £20.4m | £33.5m | £35.1m |
| Operating profit | £7.1m | £380k | £4.4m | £511k |
| Profit before tax | £7.1m | £380k | £4.4m | £511k |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | −£57.2k | £3.9m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | −£57.2k | £3.9m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £27.7m | £1.1m | £1.8m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | −0.1% | 3.4% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 26.6% | 29.3% | 28.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £996k | £38.5m | £57.2m | £40.6m |
| Profit per employee | £76.2k | −£28.6k | £1.9m | £337k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.7% | ▲48.6% | ▲6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼101.2% | — | ▼73.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼96.9% | 0% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £402k | £430k | £4.4m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £18.2m | £18.2m | £22m | £23m |
| Fixed assets | £194k | £31.9k | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £30.2m | £28m | £45.9m | £48.2m |
| Debtors | £23.2m | £26.9m | £40m | £42.6m |
| Deferred income | £942k | £624k | £1m | £1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £337k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £23m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £1.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bgc Group Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Otc Europe Holdings Limited75–100%
- Otc Europe Group Limited75–100%
- Oil Brokerage Holdings Limited75–100%
- Oil Brokerage Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Oil Brokerage Services LimitedRev. £98.2m · Profit −£739k
- Blue Commodities LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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