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Company No. 11033089 · Incorporated 26 Oct 2017

Ovia Limited

Registered name: OVIA LIMITED

Part of Stevens & Bolton LLP group

Ovia Limited made £14.2m revenue and a £485k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text

Ovia Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £14.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £485k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Tamworth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection S · Other service activitiesSIC 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Tamworth, West Midlands
Age
8 yrs · since 2017
Type
Private Limited Company

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: “The ultimate parent company is Scolmore (International) Limited. The consolidated accounts for Scolmore (International) Limited can be obtained from the company's registered office - Scolmore House, M”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£14.2m
Growth ▼4.1%
Profit
−£485k
Growth ▼210%
Profit margin
−3.4%
Gross 27.2%
Employees
34
Change 0%
Profit / employee
−£14.3k
Revenue/employee £419k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.8m£14.2m
Cost of sales£10.4m£10.4m
Gross profit£4.5m£3.9m
Operating profit£633k−£606k
Profit before tax£633k−£573k
Profit after tax£441k−£485k
Profit (best available)£441k−£485k
Staff costs£1.7m£1.9m
Employees (average)3434
Ratios
Profit margin3%−3.4%
Gross margin30%27.2%
Revenue per employee£437k£419k
Profit per employee£13k−£14.3k
Cash conversion32.9%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼4.1%
Profit growth—▼210%
Headcount growth—0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£412k£2.2m
Net assets£510k£25.1k
Fixed assets£37.3k£500k
Current assets£13.3m£14.1m
Debtors£5m£4.9m
Deferred income£188k£385k
Cash from operations£208k£449
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
27.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£419k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£14.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
34.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼95%
Now £25.1k
Cash at bank
▲438%
Now £2.2m
Headcount
0%
Now 34
Deferred income
▲105%
Now £385k
Fixed assets
▲1238%
Now £500k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Stevens & Bolton LLPultimate parent75–100%
  2. Stevens & Bolton Trustees Limited75–100%
  3. Scolmore (International) Limited75–100%
  4. Ovia Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (5)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£485k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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