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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

CONTENTS



Page
Company information
 
1
Strategic report
 
2
Directors' report
 
3
Directors' responsibilities statement
 
4
Independent auditor's report
 
5 - 8
Profit and loss account
 
9
Balance sheet
 
10
Statement of changes in equity
 
11
Notes to the financial statements
 
12 - 21


 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Director
J F Kelly 




Registered number
12835359



Registered office
5th Floor
10 Finsbury Square

London

EC2A 1AF




Independent auditor
Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

16 Great Queen Street

Covent Garden

London

WC2B 5AH




Page 1

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
 
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Introduction
 
The board presents their strategic report on the company for the period ended 31 March 2025.

Business review
 
OTC Europe Services Limited's ('the company') principal activity is to act as a servicing company for OTC Europe LLP, a fellow subsidiary of the OTC Global Holdings LP group ('the group'). OTC Europe LLP is an introducing broker that specialises in broking oil derivative products and physical oil.
The company bears all payroll costs as well as associated travel and entertainment expenses of brokers servicing OTC Europe LLP. Turnover represents an intercompany service fee charged to OTC Europe LLP for the services provided. In the year ended 31 March 2025 the company generated an operating profit of £545,351 (2024: £525,433).
Included in the balance sheet as intangible assets are capitalised broker sign on bonuses, which are released to the profit and loss account over the length of the fixed term employment contract.
Amounts owed by group undertakings, being the most significant current asset, amounted to  at 31 March 2025 £9,737,861 (2024: £8,936,923) and effectively relates to an intergroup trade debtor balance for the provision of services.
Creditors principally relate to payroll taxes and commissions payable to brokers.

Principal risks and uncertainties
 
The primary risk faced by the company is the performance of OTC Europe LLP and its ability to fund the management charge.


This report was approved and signed by the sole director.



J F Kelly
Director

Date: 10 July 2025

Page 2

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Results and dividends

The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £139,321 (2024 - loss £58,974).

No dividend was proposed or paid in the year.

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

J F Kelly 
E J Loya (resigned 1 April 2025)

Matters covered in the Strategic report

As permitted by s414c(11) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have elected to disclose information, required to be in the directors' report by Schedule 7 of the 'Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008', in the strategic report.

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this directors' report is approved has confirmed that:
 
so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditor is unaware, and

the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information.

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when the directors' report is approved has confirmed that:
 

This report was approved and signed by the sole director.
 





J F Kelly
Director

Date: 10 July 2025

Page 3

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
 
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The directors are responsible for preparing the strategic report, the directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.

 In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies for the company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Page 4

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of OTC Europe Services Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and the notes, including a summary of significant accounting policiesThe financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).


In our opinion the financial statements:


give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.


Basis for opinion


We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.


Conclusions relating to going concern


In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.


Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.


Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.


Page 5

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Other information


The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual reportOur opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.


We have nothing to report in this regard.


Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
 

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:


the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
 

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.


We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:


adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement set out on page 4, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.


In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.


Page 6

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.


Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the oil brokerage sector;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, anti-bribery, employment and health and safety legislation;
we assessed the extent  of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
 
making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
 
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgement and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
 
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; and 
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance.

Auditing standards also limit the procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Page 7

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise due to error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.


A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.


Use of our report
 

This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Nicholas Anderson (senior statutory auditor)
  
for and on behalf of
Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
 
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
  
16 Great Queen Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2B 5AH

14 July 2025
Page 8

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED
 
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

  

Turnover
 3 
27,815,155
25,042,210

Administrative expenses
  
(27,187,115)
(24,516,777)

Operating profit
 4 
628,040
525,433

Interest payable and similar expenses
 7 
(82,689)
(34,407)

Profit before taxation
  
545,351
491,026

Tax on profit
 8 
(406,030)
(550,000)

Profit/(loss) for the financial year
  
139,321
(58,974)

There are no items of other comprehensive income for 2025 or 2024 other than the profit/(loss) for the year. As a result, no separate statement of comprehensive income has been presented.

Page 9


 
REGISTERED NUMBER:12835359
OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Intangible fixed assets
 9 
2,496,603
1,618,441

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 10 
-
29,894

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 10 
9,849,450
9,103,174

  
9,849,450
9,133,068

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 11 
(10,797,756)
(9,342,533)

Net current liabilities
  
 
 
(948,306)
 
 
(209,465)

Total assets less current liabilities
  
1,548,297
1,408,976

  

Net assets
  
1,548,297
1,408,976


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
 12 
2
2

Profit and loss account
  
1,548,295
1,408,974

Total equity
  
1,548,297
1,408,976


The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the sole director: 




J F Kelly
Director

Date: 10 July 2025

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form part of these financial statements.
Page 10

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025


Called up share capital
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£


At 1 April 2023
2
1,467,948
1,467,950



Loss for the financial year
-
(58,974)
(58,974)
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
(58,974)
(58,974)



At 1 April 2024
2
1,408,974
1,408,976



Profit for the financial year
-
139,321
139,321
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
139,321
139,321


At 31 March 2025
2
1,548,295
1,548,297


The notes on pages 12 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

Page 11

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1.


General information

OTC Europe Services Limited is a private company limited by shares and is incorporated in England and Wales. The address of its registered office and its principal place of business is 5th Floor, 10 Finsbury Square, London, England, EC2A 1AF. 

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the company's accounting policies.

The company was, at the end of the year, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OTC Europe Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, whose registered office is 5th Floor, 10 Finsbury Square, London, England, EC2A 1AF, England. 
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102:
 
Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d) (inclusion of statement of cash flows);
Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows (inclusion of statement of cash flows);
Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c) (disclosures relating to financial instruments);
Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7 (disclosures of key management personnel compensation).
 
The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of OTC Europe Holdings Limited as at 31 March 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF4 3UZ.
 

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Going concern

The company is reliant on the support of a group undertaking who is also its sole customer. It has received a letter to confirm their continued support for at least the next twelve months.
After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Page 12

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.3

Foreign currency translation

Functional and presentation currency

The company's functional and presentational currency is Sterling (£).

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.

At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.

Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of transactions and from the translation at period-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the profit or loss account.

  
2.4

Turnover

Turnover represents amounts receivable for services. The services are rendered to OTC Europe LLP, a fellow group undertaking,  under a cost plus agreement.


2.5

Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. 

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. 
 
The company’s policies for its major classes of financial assets and financial liabilities are set out below. 

Financial assets
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, intercompany working capital balances, and intercompany financing are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Financing transactions are those in which payment is deferred beyond normal business terms or is financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate.

Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.



Page 13

 

OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

  

Financial Instruments (continued)

Financial Liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors and loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. Financing transactions are those in which payment is deferred beyond normal business terms or is financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the profit and loss account. 
For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount the company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date. 
For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If the financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities
Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) despite having retained some significant risks and rewards of ownership, control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions. 
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.
Offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the balance sheet when there is an enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.6

Intangible assets

Intangible assets relate to payments made to brokers in respect of fixed term employment contracts generally not exceeding 5 years and are amortised over the remaining life with no residual value.
The directors reviews intangible assets for impairment when circumstances indicate the carrying amount may be impaired.
Amortisation is charged to administrative expenses

  
2.7

Share Capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity.

 
2.8

Pensions

Defined contribution pension plan

The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payment obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

 
2.9

Current and deferred taxation

The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
Current tax is the amount of income tax payable in respect of taxable profit for the year or prior years.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the company operates and generates income.

Deferred tax arises from timing differences that are differences between taxable profits and total comprehensive income as stated in the financial statements. These timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements.
Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except that:
 
The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.10

Impairment of fixed assets

Assets that are subject to depreciation or amortisation are assessed at each balance sheet date to determine whether there is any indication that the assets are impaired. Where there is any indication that an asset may be impaired, the carrying value of the asset (or cash-generating unit to which the asset has been allocated) is tested for impairment. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset's carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's (or CGU's) fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (CGUs). Non-financial assets that have been previously impaired are reviewed at each balance sheet date to assess whether there is any indication that the impairment losses recognised in prior periods may no longer exist or may have decreased.


3.


Turnover

An analysis of turnover by class of business is as follows:


2025
2024
£
£

Amounts receivable for services
27,815,155
25,042,210


All turnover arose within the United Kingdom.


4.


Operating profit

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2025
2024
£
£

Amortisation of intangibles
693,884
604,267

(Gain)/loss on foreign exchange
(543)
4,365

Loss on disposal of intangibles fixed assets
-
74,166

Impairment on intangible fixed assets
-
66,179

Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company'sfinancial statements
5,000
5,000

Fees payable to the company's auditor for the taxation services
3,500
3,500

Fees payable to the company's auditor for other services
5,200
5,200

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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

5.


Employees

Staff costs, including directors' remuneration, were as follows:


2025
2024
£
£

Wages and salaries
22,405,401
19,550,297

Social security costs
1,749,698
1,664,636

Cost of defined contribution scheme
83,240
65,935

24,238,339
21,280,868


The average monthly number of employees, including the directors, during the year was as follows:


        2025
        2024
            No.
            No.







Brokers
40
38



Admin
45
27



Directors
2
2

87
67


6.


Directors' remuneration

2025
2024
£
£

Directors' emoluments
271,291
263,749


The highest paid director received remuneration of £271,291 (2024 - £263,749).

The value of the company's contributions paid to a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of the highest paid director amounted to £NIL (2024 - £NIL).


7.


Interest payable and similar expenses

2025
2024
£
£


Other interest payable
82,689
34,407

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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

8.


Taxation


2025
2024
£
£

Corporation tax


Current tax on profits for the year
406,030
550,000


406,030
550,000


Total current tax
406,030
550,000

Deferred tax

Total deferred tax
-
-


Tax on profit
406,030
550,000

Factors affecting tax charge for the year

The tax assessed for the year is lower than (2024 - higher than) the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024 - 25%). The differences are explained below:

2025
2024
£
£


Profit before taxation
545,351
491,026


Profit multiplied by standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024 - 25%)
136,338
122,757

Effects of:


Expenses not deductible for tax purposes
269,692
427,243

Total tax charge for the year
406,030
550,000

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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

9.


Intangible assets




Broker contract payments

£



Cost


At 1 April 2024
3,367,129


Additions
1,572,046


Disposals
(125,000)



At 31 March 2025

4,814,175



Amortisation


At 1 April 2024
1,748,688


Charge for the year 
693,884


On disposals
(125,000)



At 31 March 2025

2,317,572



Net book value



At 31 March 2025
2,496,603



At 31 March 2024
1,618,441



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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

10.


Debtors

2025
2024
£
£

Due after more than one year

Other debtors
-
29,894


2025
2024
£
£

Due within one year

Amounts owed by group undertakings
9,737,861
8,936,923

Other debtors
45,021
124,821

Prepayments and accrued income
66,568
41,430

9,849,450
9,103,174


Amounts owed by group undertakings are interest free, have no fixed repayment date and are repayable
on demand.


11.


Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2025
2024
£
£

Trade creditors
183,139
360,765

Corporation tax
986,231
948,100

Other taxation and social security
1,883,639
2,527,940

Other creditors
29,549
24,831

Accruals and deferred income
7,715,198
5,480,897

10,797,756
9,342,533



12.


Share capital

2025
2024
£
£
Shares classified as equity

Allotted, called up and fully paid



2 (2024 - 2) Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
2
2




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OTC EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

13.


Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption contained in FRS 102 section 33 "Related Party Disclosure" from disclosing transactions with entities which are a wholly owned part of the group. 


14.


Contingent liabilities

On 2 November 2022 OTC Global Holdings LP ("OTC Global"), the company's ultimate parent undertaking entered into an asset based facilities agreement for a total facility of $55,000,000. This contains fixed and floating charges covering OTC Global's subsidiaries including OTC Europe Services Limited. 
The outstanding balance at 31 March 2025 was $42,570,325 (2024: $46,229,700).
The balance was settled in full on 1 April 2025 and the charge satisfied.


15.


Controlling party

The parent undertaking of the smallest group of undertakings for which group financial statements are drawn up and of which the company is a member is OTC Europe Holdings Limited, whose registered office  address is 10 Finsbury Square 5th Floor, London, England, EC2A 1AF. Group financial statements are prepared and are available to the public from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ. 
The parent undertaking of the largest group of undertakings of which the company is a member is OTC Global Holdings LP, whose registered office address is 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2200, Houston, Texas 77056, United States of America. Group financial statements are prepared but are not available to the public. See note 16, OTC Global Holdings LP was acquired by BGC Group, Inc. on 1 April 2025.
In the opinion of the director there is no ultimate controlling party.

16.


Subsequent events

On 1 April 2025 BGC Group, Inc. acquired OTC Global Holdings LP.  BGC Group, Inc. is listed on the Nasdaq. Prior to the acquisition, OTC Global Holdings, LP was the parent undertaking of the largest group of undertakings of which the company was a member. 

 
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