Oxa: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Oxa Autonomy Ltd has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to December 2025 it reported turnover of £2m.
- In the year to December 2025, Oxa had turnover of £2m, down 25.3% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £60m, losing £2589.38 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 424 people, with staff costs of £44m.
- These figures are from Oxa Autonomy Ltd's group accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 8 October 2026.
- Registered name
- OXA AUTONOMY LTD
- Company number
- 09242359
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 30 September 2014
- Registered office area
- Oxford
- Industry code on the register
- 62090: Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 8 October 2026
What does Oxa do?
Oxa is an Oxford company that develops software for self-driving vehicles, letting commercial vehicles such as buses, delivery vans and industrial vehicles drive themselves. It makes money by licensing its autonomy software and related tools to vehicle makers and fleet operators, focusing on business uses such as logistics, public transport and industrial sites rather than private cars. It began in 2014 as Oxbotica, a spin-out from the University of Oxford's robotics research, founded by Paul Newman and Ingmar Posner.
In brief: self-driving software · commercial and industrial vehicles · software licensing · Oxford spin-out
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: oxa.tech.
Who owns Oxa?
Oxa Autonomy Ltd, company number 09242359, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Oxa?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Oxa Autonomy Ltd.
All 7 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Clive Gerald Scrivener | 30 September 2014 |
| Dr Paul Michael Newman | 30 September 2014 |
| Julia Steyn | 9 September 2024 |
| Kevin Rodrigues | 22 May 2025 |
| Alistair Andrew Carlyle McCreadie | 31 December 2025 |
| Gary Martin Steven | 31 December 2025 |
| Ip2ipo Services Limited | 31 December 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Oxa file?
Oxa Autonomy Ltd reported turnover of £2m in the year to December 2025. That was down 25.3% on £3m the year before.
It reported 424 employees. The year before it reported 390.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £60m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £74m the year before.
Staff costs came to £44m. That is an average of £103,000 a head. It ended the year with £53m at the bank and net assets of £54m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2m | £3m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£60m (filed) | -£74m (filed) |
| Employees | 424 | 390 |
| Staff costs | £44m | £65m |
| Average staff cost per head | £103,000 | £166,000 |
| Bank and cash | £53m | £30m |
| Net assets | £54m | £37m |
| Interest paid | £2k | |
| Interest received | £0.3m | |
| Directors' pay | £0.8m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against Oxa?
Oxa Autonomy Ltd has registered 2 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Oxa compares
Of the 13 UK AI companies, Oxa is 12th on turnover, 12th on profit margin and 9th on growth. Google DeepMind keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £16.02.
| Rank | UK AI companies | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Google DeepMind | £1,743m | £16.02 |
| 12th | Oxa | £2m | −£2589.38 |
| + 10 more UK AI companies ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Oxa files as Oxa Autonomy Ltd, with turnover of £2m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Oxa
What does Oxa do?
Oxa is an Oxford company that develops software for self-driving vehicles, letting commercial vehicles such as buses, delivery vans and industrial vehicles drive themselves. It makes money by licensing its autonomy software and related tools to vehicle makers and fleet operators, focusing on business uses such as logistics, public transport and industrial sites rather than private cars. It began in 2014 as Oxbotica, a spin-out from the University of Oxford's robotics research, founded by Paul Newman and Ingmar Posner.
How does Oxa compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Oxa is 12th of the 12 companies in our battle of the UK AI companies, behind Google DeepMind. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the UK AI companies →
Who owns Oxa?
Oxa Autonomy Ltd has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does Oxa make?
Oxa Autonomy Ltd reported turnover of £2m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £60m.
How many people work at Oxa?
Oxa Autonomy Ltd reported 424 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Oxa?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Oxa Autonomy Ltd. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Oxa Autonomy Ltd's filings at Companies House, company number 09242359, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Oxa: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 11 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/oxa/. Figures from Companies House filings for OXA AUTONOMY LTD (09242359).
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