IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Operating as the principal British subsidiary of the US-listed technology multinational International Business Machines Corporation, the company provides cloud computing, artificial intelligence, IT infrastructure, and consulting services.
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Cash
£21m
-0.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2bn
+0.3% vs 2024
Employees
6,633
-4.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£92m
-29.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,060,800,000 | £3,044,200,000 | £3,370,700,000 | +10.7% | |
| Operating profit | £147,600,000 | £99,700,000 | £65,500,000 | -34.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £172,900,000 | £130,400,000 | £91,600,000 | -29.8% | |
| Net profit | £120,900,000 | £87,800,000 | £89,700,000 | +2.2% | |
| Cash | £500,000 | £21,300,000 | £21,200,000 | -0.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,964,000,000 | £2,160,600,000 | £2,143,300,000 | -0.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,755,400,000 | £1,982,200,000 | £1,989,100,000 | +0.3% | |
| Equity | £1,755,400,000 | £1,982,200,000 | £1,989,100,000 | +0.3% | |
| Average employees | 7,309 | 6,920 | 6,633 | -4.1% | |
| Wages | £771,600,000 | £771,900,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,400,000 | £4,400,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £100,000 | £100,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £1,600,000 | £1,600,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 2.9% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | 4.6% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.3% | 38.4% | 43.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.20x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 4.60x | 12.62x | 3.90x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors remain focused on the company’s liquidity, and expect to manage business operations whilst maintaining adequate liquidity for the foreseeable future. The directors have assessed the financial position of the company as stable and have a reasonable expectation that the company will continue to operate, with headroom, within available cash and short term deposit levels. Historically, the company has not had any external or internal party borrowings, it satisfies its external liabilities on time and has no significant short term deposit placed within the group undertaking, should a temporary need arise, resources are available from intergroup capacity under appropriate debt facilities from related parties to meet such demand. The directors regularly review financial forecasts of the company and consider possible future events that could cause a severe but plausible downside scenario. Based on the assessment, the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED · parent
- Kenexa Technology LLC 25%
- International Business Machines Limited 100%
- Snowy TopCo Limited 100%
- 010414 UK Limited 100%
- Accelalpha Europe Limited 100%
- AST UK Holdco Limited 100%
- Datastax UK Limited 100%
- Frontera Consulting UK Limited 100%
- Hakkoda UK Services Limited 100%
- HashiCorp UK Limited 100%
- SPSS Limited 100%
- Sterling Commerce (UK) Limited 100%
- Symatrix Limited 100%
- Apptio Europe Limited 100%
- Blue Wolf Global Limited 100%
- Bluewolf International Limited 100%
- Digital Fuel International Limited 100%
- Envizi UK Limited 100%
- Kenexa Quorum Holdings Limited 100%
- Manta Software UK Limited 100%
- MS Modernisation Services UK Limited 100%
- NS1 U.K. Limited 100%
- Oniqua Europe Limited 100%
- Sevone UK Limited 100%
- Softlayer Technologies UK Limited 100%
- Super iPaaS Integration UK Limited 100%
- The Analytic Sciences Corporation Limited 100%
- Turbonomic (UK) Limited 100%
- Weather Services International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company received pre-liquidation dividends from its subsidiaries: Frontera Consulting UK Limited, Accelalpha Europe Limited, DataStax UK Limited and HashiCorp UK Limited, amounting to £23.5 million in March and April 2026. In June 2026, the company acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Nordcloud Limited for consideration of £5.7 million. There have been no other significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Emma Danielle | Secretary | 2021-04-01 | — | — |
| BUTLER, Leon Christopher | Director | 2025-01-08 | Sep 1974 | British |
| HODSON, Nicola, Dr | Director | 2023-01-13 | Dec 1966 | British |
| KALIA, Rahul | Director | 2022-11-23 | Jul 1970 | British,American |
| STIRLING, James Ian | Director | 2025-10-13 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Duncan Montgomery | Secretary | 1997-09-08 | 1999-11-05 |
| CAMPBELL, Duncan Montgomery | Secretary | — | 1995-12-01 |
| CARRUTHERS, Keith | Secretary | 1999-11-05 | 2003-03-25 |
| FERGUSON, Ian Duncan | Secretary | 2007-09-06 | 2021-04-01 |
| JONES, Steven Alan Vaughan | Secretary | 2003-03-25 | 2005-07-27 |
| SAYANI, Nuzhat | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2007-09-06 |
| WITT, David Walter | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 1997-09-08 |
| AZIZ, Javaid Khurshid, Dr | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| BAGSHAW, Sharon | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-03-02 |
| BAGSHAW, Sharon | Director | 2020-04-27 | 2021-04-01 |
| BARSOUM, Khalil Emile | Director | 1997-02-25 | 1998-03-25 |
| BOTTEN, John Anthony | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| BROWN, Andrew Mearns | Director | 2022-11-23 | 2023-08-04 |
| BURNS, David | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2012-06-13 |
| CHRYSTIE, William Mortimer | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2013-10-10 |
| CLEAVER, Anthony Brian, Sir | Director | — | 1994-05-19 |
| CONWAY, Christopher John | Director | — | 1993-04-05 |
| COOK, Christopher | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2023-04-17 |
| CREASEY, Andrew James Henry | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2011-01-31 |
| CRUTTENDEN, Peter | Director | — | 1994-07-18 |
| DENLEY, Gareth Phillip | Director | 1995-09-08 | 1998-01-19 |
| DUFF, John Logie | Director | — | 1994-11-29 |
| DYSON, Simon | Director | 1993-08-02 | 1997-02-21 |
| EAGLE, Timothy Daren Matthew | Director | 2014-07-25 | 2026-03-24 |
| EMBURY, Andrew Michael | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2006-12-31 |
| FORD, Howard | Director | 1993-08-02 | 1994-08-01 |
| FREDERIKSEN, Eliot Geo | Director | 2023-10-17 | 2025-01-08 |
| GARCIA LATORRE, Alfonso | Director | 2023-04-17 | 2025-10-13 |
| GRANGER, John | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2010-01-27 |
| GREAVES, Andrew David | Director | 1996-10-14 | 2001-08-20 |
| GRIFFITHS, Jeremy Andrew | Director | — | 1992-06-27 |
| GRINSTEAD, Ann Marie | Director | 1995-09-08 | 2000-01-05 |
| HILL, Anthony John Thomas | Director | — | 1992-10-09 |
| HILL, Naomi Juliet | Director | 2020-04-27 | 2021-04-01 |
| HILL, Naomi Juliet | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2016-06-04 |
| HIRST, Larry | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2008-05-12 |
| HOCKLEY, Jack | Director | — | 1992-10-05 |
| KELLEHER, William Anthony | Director | 2017-06-07 | 2022-11-23 |
| KHURANA, Vineet | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-03-15 |
| LAMB, James Summers | Director | 1994-08-05 | 2002-02-28 |
| LEONARD, Stephen Alexander | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2017-04-01 |
| LOCK, Gregory Hugh | Director | — | 1994-01-27 |
| LOOSEMORE, Kevin | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2001-06-11 |
| MALCOLM, Gavin Cameron Stewart | Director | — | 1997-04-07 |
| MAWTUS, Michael John | Director | 1995-01-19 | 1997-02-21 |
| MORGANS, John Barrie | Director | — | 1997-02-17 |
| MORRISS, David | Director | 1994-05-19 | 1997-05-02 |
| PARKER, Arthur | Director | — | 1997-02-21 |
| RANGELEY-WILSON, Stuart Duncan | Director | 1994-09-02 | 1995-04-05 |
| RILEY, Brendon James | Director | 2008-06-24 | 2010-06-11 |
| ROBINSON, Geoffrey Walter, Dr | Director | 1995-05-18 | 1996-01-10 |
| ROSS, Bruce | Director | 2007-01-25 | 2010-02-05 |
| SCHMELTZER, Douglas John | Director | 2013-10-10 | 2014-02-01 |
| SCIUTTI, Flavio | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2021-04-01 |
| SELLWOOD, Brian | Director | 1995-09-08 | 2004-11-05 |
| SMITH, Stephen Austin | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2017-02-14 |
| STOKES, David Aaron Patrick | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2017-06-05 |
| SYMON, Carl George | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2001-05-20 |
| TEMPLE, Nicholas John | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| TICKLE, Sean Peter | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2017-02-08 |
| VISVANATHAN, Sreeram | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2023-03-02 |
| WHITFIELD, Brian Gerard | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2014-02-28 |
| WILCOCK, Andrew Gavin Croft | Director | 2020-04-27 | 2021-04-12 |
| WILSON, Stephen David | Director | 2002-02-28 | 2009-04-09 |
| WYATT, Christine Jane | Director | 2010-03-08 | 2013-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibm United Kingdom Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 369 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.