Company · Stockport
OCU Opals Limited
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Vincent Stephen Bowler 2022-2023 View profile
- Martin John Smith 2014-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 23/07/2012
- Registered office
- Stockport
- Previous names
- Opals (UK) Limited (until 22/08/2023)
Opalcom LTD (until 04/02/2013)
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- OCU Services Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-08-09 - S Holdings Limited ceased 2022-08-09
75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- OCU Opals Limited
is controlled by OCU Services Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-08-09 · source: Companies House PSC register - OCU Services Limited
is controlled by OCU Group LTD
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - OCU Group LTD
is controlled by Thomas Joseph O'Connor
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Thomas Joseph O'Connor.
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- OCU (Property Estates) Limited
- Urbanfibre Limited
- O’Connor Utilities Limited
- OCU Evolution Limited
- Tmdc Investments Limited
- OCU (Plant) Limited
- O'Connor Concrete Limited
- 3SB Investment Holdings Limited
- OCU Hornbill Group Limited
- OCU Connect Limited
- Insiris Limited
- Wootton Close Management Limited
- Artemis Fibre Limited
- O'Connor Group Topco Limited
- R.J. Mcleod (Contractors) Limited
- OCU Opals Services Limited
- OCU Services Limited
- OCU (Trenchless) Limited
- OCU Utility Services Limited
- OCU Energy Services Limited
- Athena Professional Technical Services Limited
- OCU Australia Finance Limited
- OCU Design Limited
- Hartsbourne Estates LTD
- OCU Nettworx Limited
- Urbnfibre Limited
- OCU (South) Limited
- OCU Group LTD
- OCU Power Grid Plant Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- David Matthew Snowball Director · appointed 2023
- Sam Spencer Hodge Director · appointed 2012
- Denis Adrian O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2023
- Michael Blake Hughes Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Sam Spencer Hodge Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- David Matthew Snowball Director · appointed 2023
- Sam Spencer Hodge Director · appointed 2012
- Denis Adrian O'Sullivan Director · appointed 2023
- Michael Blake Hughes Director · appointed 2022
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08152431
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/01/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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