Oil Brokerage Services Limited
Registered name: OIL BROKERAGE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Bgc Group Inc groupOil Brokerage Services Limited made £98.2m revenue and a £739k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Oil Brokerage Services Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £98.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £739k and 162 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
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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.
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) | £15.5m | £65.4m | £91.7m | £98.2m |
| Operating profit | £738k | £3.5m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £738k | £3.5m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £371k | £1.5m | −£502k | −£739k |
| Profit (best available) | £371k | £1.5m | −£502k | −£739k |
| Staff costs | £13.4m | £53.8m | £79.2m | £88.6m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 111 | 139 | 162 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.4% | −0.5% | −0.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £589k | £660k | £606k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £13.9k | −£3.6k | −£4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲40.2% | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼132.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲25.2% | ▲16.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £371k | £1.9m | £1.4m | £678k |
| Debtors | £18.1m | £22.3m | £30.7m | £29.6m |
| Deferred income | £10.2m | £17.3m | £20.1m | £17.1m |
| 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
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £606k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.6k
- 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
- 17.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.2%
- 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
- ▼52%
- Now £678k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 162
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £17.1m
- 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 Group Limited75–100%
- Oil Brokerage Holdings Limited75–100%
- Oil Brokerage Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Oil Brokerage LimitedRev. £122m · Profit £1m
- 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 −£739k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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