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Company description
OVERSEAS SUPPLY SERVICES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 22 November 1984; registered for 41 years; registered office reported in SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 71129 · Other engineering activities.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2024, it reported turnover £14,671,460, profit after tax £1,682,480, net assets £7,223,315, average employees 0. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- OVERSEAS SUPPLY SERVICES LIMITED
- Company number
- 01865842
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
8 March 2026Next statement due
22 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £14,671,460
- Gross profit
- £3,779,504
- Operating profit
- £2,170,044
- Profit before tax
- £2,193,662
- Profit after tax
- £1,682,480
- Net assets
- £7,223,315
- Current assets
- £26,303,392
- Current liabilities
- £19,080,077
- Cash at bank
- £8,627,507
- Equity
- £7,223,315
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022
- Filed
- 28 July 2022
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 45 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 35.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 45 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
b. Maximum contractual payment period and any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period.
The maximum contractual payment period in the reporting period was 45 days.
There are no standard payment terms, these are agreed at time of placing contract. If for any reason there are any contractual changes, the proposed changes are consulted with the supplier and agreed before any changes made.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
i. The business’ standard payment terms:
a. The standard contractual length of time for payment of invoices.
The Company does not have standard terms, every project / client have different requirements, so the terms are agreed at the time of placing an order / sub- contract.
The most common terms of payment for the contracts where invoices are paid by bank transfers have the length of time of payment of invoices of 30 days (more than 90% of all such payments). However The Company uses other terms of payments, such as :
-invoices payable immediately (where paid against agreed payment milestones);
- invoices payable in 45 days;
- invoices payable in 20 days;
- invoices payable in 14 days.
The shortest payment period is 0 days. - Dispute resolution process
ii. The business’ process for resolving disputes related to payment.
• For goods, if the invoice has not been presented in the correct format as detailed within the Order it will be returned to the Supplier stating why it has been returned. If this results into a dispute the Supplier will contact the Buyer (details on Order) to resolve issue.
• For subcontracts, a Dispute Resolutions clause is included within each contract detailing the agreed process to settle disputes within 30 days. Contract will also include all the relevant contact details as appropriate.
Earlier payment reports (7 shown)
- 37.0 average days to pay65.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay80.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay84.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay80.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay78.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay73.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- OVERSEAS SUPPLY SERVICES LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 29 May 2026
- Sectors
- Public sector Construction, civil engineering and building products Defence and aerospace Education and research Information technology and telecommunication Mining, metals, chemicals and resources (including oil and gas) Professional and administrative services and supplies, including legal, consulting and accounting services Transportation, logistics, and storage Utilities: gas, water and electricity Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 22 June 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
KBR conducted 16 interviews at project sites in 7 countries in EMEA region. Outcome of audits ensure overseas suppliers compliant with KBR's rigorous standards. Desktop audit of 42 suppliers conducted
Demonstrated progress
The June 2026 statement shows a continuation of our coordinated approach to modern slavery across the range of global businesses within the KBR group of companies. KBR continues to implement KPIs to measure progress in tackling modern slavery both internally and throughout the supply chain including:- KBR's training program delivered to a further 47 key suppliers; 17 full in-person CTIPS interviews conducted in 7 countries across EMEA at different levels of workforce from management to cleaners.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: The treatment of foreign low-skilled employees working for KBR subcontractors in host countries is an area of concern and is addressed through KBR's Combatting Trafficking in Persons and MSA programme
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Migrants
- Location: Somalia
- Mitigation: This is addressed through KBR's Combatting Trafficking in Persons (CTIPS) and Modern Slavery Act (MSA) Program. KBR's Key Performance Indicators which includes training suppliers and conducting audits is measuring our progress in tackling modern slavery throughout the supply chain.
- Location: Iraq
- Location: Saudi Arabia
- Mitigation: his is addressed through KBR's Combatting Trafficking in Persons (CTIPS) and Modern Slavery Act (MSA) Program. KBR's Key Performance Indicators which includes training suppliers and conducting audits is measuring our progress in tackling modern slavery throughout the supply chain.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Kellogg Brown & Root Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Notified
- 18 February 2021
Howard Humpreys & Partners Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Legal authority
- Companies Act
- Legal form
- Private Limited With Share Capital
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 18 February 2021
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07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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