Otc Europe Services Limited
Registered name: OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Bgc Group Inc groupOtc Europe Services Limited made £27.8m revenue and £139k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Otc Europe Services Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £27.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £139k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “security and commodity contracts dealing activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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) | £16.9m | £20.4m | £25m | £27.8m |
| Operating profit | £862k | £986k | £525k | £628k |
| Profit before tax | £798k | £974k | £491k | £545k |
| Profit after tax | £508k | £606k | −£59k | £139k |
| Profit (best available) | £508k | £606k | −£59k | £139k |
| Staff costs | £14.2m | £17.2m | £21.3m | £24.2m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 60 | 67 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3% | −0.2% | 0.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £296k | £341k | £374k | £320k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £10.1k | −£880 | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▲22.5% | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.2% | ▼109.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲11.7% | ▲29.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £862k | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £7.2m | £9.1m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £5.6m | £7.2m | £9.1m | £9.8m |
| Deferred income | £3.5m | £4.4m | £5.5m | £7.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £320k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- 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
- 27.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £7.7m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Eox Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.8m
- Otc Europe Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£680k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £139k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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