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Company No. SC216552 · Incorporated 8 Mar 2001

O.c.o. West End Limited

Registered name: O.C.O. WEST END LIMITED

Part of O.c.o. Group Limited group

O.c.o. West End Limited made £32.9m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 23 Nov 2025. read from filing text

O.c.o. West End Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £32.9m in the year to 23 Nov 2025, with £3.7m profit and 489 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Paisley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Status
Active
Location
Paisley, Scotland
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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: “During the year the company was controlled by one of the directors, JJ O'hara. Post year end control transferred to O.C.O Group Limited.”

Latest accounts · year to 23 Nov 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£32.9m
Growth ▲11%
Profit
£3.7m
Growth ▲30.3%
Profit margin
11.1%
Gross 36.9%
Employees
489
Change ▲5.8%
Profit / employee
£7.5k
Revenue/employee £67.2k
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202230 Nov 202324 Nov 202430 Nov 202423 Nov 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.9m£25.7m£29.6m£29.6m£32.9m
Cost of sales£12.7m£16.4m£18.7m£18.7m£20.8m
Gross profit£8.2m£9.3m£10.9m£10.9m£12.1m
Operating profit£4.2m£3.6m£4.1m£4.1m£5.2m
Profit before tax£4.1m£3.5m£4m£4m£5m
Profit after tax£3.3m£2.5m£2.8m£2.8m£3.7m
Profit (best available)£3.3m£2.5m£2.8m£2.8m£3.7m
Staff costs£5.4m£7.2m£8.5m£8.5m£9.7m
Employees (average)334418462462489
Ratios
Profit margin15.9%9.8%9.5%9.5%11.1%
Gross margin39.3%36.3%36.9%36.9%36.9%
Revenue per employee£62.6k£61.5k£64.1k£64.1k£67.2k
Profit per employee£10k£6k£6.1k£6.1k£7.5k
Cash conversion−128.9%−148%−112.8%−112.8%−110.6%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲23.1%▲15.2%—▲11%
Profit growth—▼24.1%▲11.2%—▲30.3%
Headcount growth—▲25.1%▲10.5%—▲5.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.6m£2.6m£2.9m£2.9m£2.5m
Net assets£8.8m£10.7m£12.6m£12.6m£15.5m
Fixed assets£4.8m£6.6m£6.7m£6.7m£7.1m
Current assets£9.5m£10.2m£12.6m£12.6m£17.9m
Debtors£334k£68.5k£0£0£1.5k
Deferred income£998k£1.4m£1.4m£1.4m£1.5m
Cash from operations−£5.4m−£5.3m−£4.6m−£4.6m−£5.7m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
11.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
36.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£67.2k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−110.6%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
21.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0%
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
▲22%
Now £15.5m
Cash at bank
▼14%
Now £2.5m
Headcount
▲6%
Now 489
Deferred income
▲5%
Now £1.5m
Fixed assets
▲6%
Now £7.1m

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. O.c.o. Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. O.c.o. West End Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 23 Nov 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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