Ocs M&E Services Limited
Registered name: OCS M&E SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Ocs Group Topco Limited groupOcs M&E Services Limited made £232m revenue and a £12m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ocs M&E Services Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £232m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £12m and 1,359 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Loanhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loanhead
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1958
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £212m | £238m | £232m |
| Cost of sales | −£187m | −£219m | −£207m |
| Gross profit | £25.6m | £18.4m | £25.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | −£14m | −£10m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | −£15.9m | −£12.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | −£16.1m | −£12m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | −£16.1m | −£12m |
| Employees (average) | 1,363 | 1,279 | 1,359 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | −6.8% | −5.2% |
| Gross margin | 12% | 7.7% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £186k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | −£12.6k | −£8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1187% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.9k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 1,359
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ocs Group Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ocs Holdco 1 Limited75–100%
- Ocs Holdco 2 Limited75–100%
- Ocs Holdco 3 Limited75–100%
- Ocs Holdco 4 Limited75–100%
- Ocs Parco Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group Investments Limited75–100%
- Ocs Group International Limited75–100%
- Ocs Uk&i Limited75–100%
- Ocs M&E Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Thermotech Solutions LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Incentive FM Group LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Ocs Food Co LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ocs Group UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ocs Integrated Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ocs Technical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Profile Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Specialist Window Cleaning LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£12m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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