OCEAN PARTNERS UK LIMITED
Company number 05171451 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ocean Partners UK Limited presents a mixed risk profile: operationally strong with record profitability in 2024 and a 20-year track record, but financially fragile on a standalone basis with net assets of only £92k against £1.45M in liabilities and minimal cash reserves. The company's viability appears heavily dependent on group support via its parent Ocean Partners Holdings Limited and 16 banking relationships, rather than its own balance sheet strength. The substantial $10M dividend declared in 2024, while reflecting confidence, further concentrates risk by extracting rather than retaining earnings within a thinly capitalised entity.
Shareholders' funds
£91,789
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The company’s business is to act as principal between miners and smelters around the world, in the selling of metal ores, concentrates and secondary materials, primarily copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver, with the company also being a significant blender of concentrates in multiple locations.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-07-06
- Employees
- 53 (2024 accounts · was 54 in 2023)
- Registered office
- The Pearce Building, West Street, Maidenhead, England, SL6 1RL
- Postcode
- SL6 1RL
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 13 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-06
- Next due by
- 2027-07-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46720 Wholesale of metals and metal ores
Officers 7 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by OCEAN PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2023-07-07
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the OCEAN PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED group statement — 4 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1132679 (Tier 2), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- oceanpartners.com
- Phone
- +44 1628 644060, +44 1628 644070
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DWSCO 2545 LIMITED | 2004-08-20 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 30 - 36 KING STREET, MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE, SL6 1EF | 2017-07-14 |
| PARK HOUSE, PARK STREET, MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE SL6 1SL | 2007-09-25 |
| 4 COLLEGE HILL, LONDON, EC4R 2RB | 2005-01-25 |
| FIVE CHANCERY LANE, CLIFFORD'S INN, LONDON, EC4A 1BU | 2004-09-15 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 10 similar companies in SL, with 53 staff. 3rd oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Slough
This company ranks 6 among wholesale of metals and metal ores in Slough.
The class of 2004
37%
of the 135,821 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 61% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.