Oasis Retail Services Limited
Registered name: OASIS RETAIL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Merkur Casino UK Ltd groupOasis Retail Services Limited made £14.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Oasis Retail Services Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 157 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Newtownabbey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- 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: “At 31 December 202”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £11.5m | £13.4m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.4m | £3.3m | £994k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.8m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £4m | £4.7m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 141 | 152 | 157 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.1% | 16.3% | 20.8% | 7.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £71.7k | £81.2k | £88.2k | £93.7k |
| Profit per employee | £10.8k | £13.2k | £18.4k | £7.3k |
| Cash conversion | −161.4% | −173.5% | −215.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.3% | ▲17% | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.7% | ▲49.4% | ▼59% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲7.8% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.2m | £11.3m | £13.4m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £13.4m | £15.1m | £17.2m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4.7m | £7.9m | £5m |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £12.7m | £14.8m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £477k | £405k | £409k | £569k |
| Deferred income | £251k | £333k | £291k | £330k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.9m | −£4.1m | −£7.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £93.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼57%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £330k
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £5m
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
- Merkur Casino UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Merkur Casino Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- Merkur Operations Ni Holdings Limited75–100%
- Oasis Retail Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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