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Oxford Metrics plc announced on 16 December 2025 its intention to change its accounting reference date and financial year end from 30 September to 31 December, effective immediately. The Group's next financial year will conclude on 31 December 2026, covering a 15-month period. Audited annual financial statements for this 15-month period are due by 30 June 2027, with subsequent financial years ending on 31 December annually.
| Date | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Time | 10:48:37 |
| Category | Corporate updates |
| ID | 7797L |
16 December 2025
Oxford Metrics plc
("Oxford Metrics", the "Company" or the "Group")
Change in Accounting Reference Date
Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG), the smart sensing and software company servicing life sciences, entertainment, engineering and smart manufacturing markets, announces that the Company intends to change to its accounting reference date and financial year end from 30 September to 31 December with immediate effect. As announced in the Company's preliminary results on 9 December 2025, the business activities and revenues of the Group are weighted toward the final third of the calendar year. To aid the Group in the orderly preparation of its financial statements, the Directors consider that presenting financial statements that have a more balanced first half and second half weighting is in the best interests of the Group.
The Group's next financial year will now end on 31 December 2026.
As a result of this change, the Group's financial year will now end on 31 December annually, with its reporting timetable as follows:
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publication of unaudited interim accounts for the 6-month period to 31 March 2026, by no later than 30 June 2026; |
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publication of unaudited interim accounts for the 12-month period to 30 September 2026, by no later than 31 December 2026; |
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publication of audited annual financial statements for the 15-month period to 31 December 2026, by no later than 30 June 2027; |
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publication of unaudited interim accounts for the 6-month period to 30 June 2027, by no later than 30 September 2027; and |
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publication of audited annual financial statements for the 12-month period to 31 December 2027, by no later than 30 June 2028, and in respect of each subsequent 12-month periods thereafter. |
For more information, please contact:
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Oxford Metrics plc |
+44 (0) 18 6526 1860 |
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Imogen O'Connor, CEO
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Panmure Liberum (Nomad and Broker) |
+44 (0) 20 3100 2000 |
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James Sinclair-Ford / Rupert Dearden /
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Alma Strategic Communications |
+44 (0) 20 3405 0205 |
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Hilary Buchanan / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett |
About Oxford Metrics
Oxford Metrics (LSE:OMG) is a smart sensing and measurement technology Group that serves thousands of customers in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, we started our journey in healthcare, expanded into entertainment, winning an OSCAR® and an Emmy®, moved into engineering and more recently, smart manufacturing. We have a strong track record of creating value by incubating, growing and then augmenting through acquisition, unique technology businesses.
The Group trades through two divisions; in motion capture its market-leading company Vicon Motion Systems provides motion measurement analysis to thousands of customers worldwide in healthcare, entertainment and engineering markets. In Smart Manufacturing, Industrial Vision Systems is a specialist in machine vision software and technology for high precision, automated quality control systems trusted by blue-chip, smart manufacturing companies in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and performance engineering. Sempre is a measurement specialist solving manufacturing challenges across aerospace, automotive, medical device, and precision engineering markets.
The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and Germany.
For more information about Oxford Metrics, visit www.oxfordmetrics.com.