Company registration number 07042321 (England and Wales)
OCEA UK LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
OCEA UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
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Balance sheet
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Notes to the financial statements
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OCEA UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2025
31 October 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
4
124,642
151,175
Current assets
Stocks
1,397,069
1,310,311
Debtors
5
484,215
648,557
Cash at bank and in hand
583,286
522,543
2,464,570
2,481,411
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(904,613)
(1,074,085)
Net current assets
1,559,957
1,407,326
Total assets less current liabilities
1,684,599
1,558,501
Provisions for liabilities
(27,321)
Net assets
1,657,278
1,558,501
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1,000
1,000
Profit and loss reserves
1,656,278
1,557,501
Total equity
1,657,278
1,558,501
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 22 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr A Thorne
Director
Company registration number 07042321 (England and Wales)
OCEA UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
OCEA UK Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 18, Avenue One, Station Lane Industrial Estate, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4XZ.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
OCEA UK Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocea International NV and the results of OCEA UK Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Ocea International NV which are available from 4 Rue Des Andains, Perwez, Wallonia 1360, Belgium.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Turnover
Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.
Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.
Revenue from contracts for the provision of professional services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
OCEA UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Motor Vehicles
25% on reducing balance
Show Stands
33.33% on cost
Plant and machinery
25% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings
25% on reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.
Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.
At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.
1.6
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.7
Leases
OCEA UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss
on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is
more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
1.8
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.
1.9
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
3
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
20
19
4
Tangible fixed assets
Motor Vehicles
Show Stands
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 November 2024
17,129
89,298
74,958
97,532
278,917
Additions
30,523
6,100
36,623
At 31 October 2025
17,129
119,821
74,958
103,632
315,540
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 November 2024
15,129
38,080
24,941
49,592
127,742
Depreciation charged in the year
500
37,024
12,504
13,128
63,156
At 31 October 2025
15,629
75,104
37,445
62,720
190,898
OCEA UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
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Tangible fixed assets
Motor Vehicles
Show Stands
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Total
£
£
£
£
£
(Continued)
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Carrying amount
At 31 October 2025
1,500
44,717
37,513
40,912
124,642
At 31 October 2024
2,000
51,218
50,017
47,940
151,175
5
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
339,883
548,200
Other debtors
57,453
11,748
Prepayments and accrued income
86,879
88,609
484,215
648,557
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Payments received on account
99,640
144,135
Trade creditors
93,108
21,137
Amounts owed to group undertakings
125,420
297,860
Corporation tax
52,060
34,745
Other taxation and social security
229,263
222,222
Other creditors
283,824
352,486
Accruals and deferred income
21,298
1,500
904,613
1,074,085
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Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is qualified and includes the following:
Qualified opinion on financial statements
In our opinion, except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 October 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.
OCEA UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
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Audit report information
(Continued)
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Basis for qualified opinion
We were not appointed as auditors of the company until after 31 October 2024 and thus did not observe the counting of physical inventories at the year end. We were unable to satisfy ourselves by alternative means concerning inventory quantities held at 31 October 2024, which are included in the balance sheet at £1,310,311 by using other audit procedures. Consequently, we unable to determine whether any adjustment to this amount was necessary. On the basis that the opening stock value at 1 November 2024 impacts the current accounting year, we are unable to determine whether any adjustment to the profit for the year ended 31 October 2025 was necessary.
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 UK, including the FRC’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 qualified opinion.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In respect solely of the limitation on our work relating to stock, described above:
we have not obtained all the information and explanations that we considered necessary for the purpose of our audit; and
we were unable to determine whether adequate accounting records had been maintained.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Callum Veasey ACA
Statutory Auditor:
Cottons Accountants LLP
Date of audit report:
22 December 2025
8
Related party transactions
The Company is not required to disclose transactions with other members of the group in which the company is part on the basis that the entity is wholly owned subsidiary of the parent of the group, as stated in section 33 of FRS102.
9
Parent company
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocea International NV, a company incorporated in Belgium.
10
Auditor's liability limitation agreement
Upon appointment of Cottons Accountants LLP as auditors, the company entered into a limitation liability agreement with the auditors and this was approved by resolution on 18th November 2025. Liability is limited to the lesser of 20 times the audit fee or £290,000. In accordance with section 537 of CA06, the effect of the liability limitation agreement is to limit the auditor's liability to less than such amount as is fair and reasonable, as determined by that section, the agreement shall have effect as if it limited the liability to such amount as is fair and reasonable, as so determined.
The agreement limits the liability owed to the company by the auditors in respect of any negligence, default or breach of duty, or breach of trust, occurring in the course of the audit of the accounts for the year ending 31st October 2025.
The agreement does not limit liability for any instance of fraud or dishonesty on behalf of the auditor or any other liability that cannot be excluded or restricted by applicable laws or regulations.